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This volume is arranged geographically by country, then city, so you can find the names of newspapers published in a given locale during specific years. Although produced between 1948 and 1983, this volume includes the retrospective holdings of many large U.S. libraries (including the Library of Congress) prior to 1984. An alphabetical title index starts on page 361. Consult WorldCat, or libraries' online catalogs for holdings. (NOTE: You will have to use Interlibrary Loan to access most of these, so exact dates, etc. for the information you're seeking is helpful).

These volumes are geographically arranged by state, and then city, so you can find the names of newspapers published in a given locale during specific years. Once you have the name of a newspaper, consult WorldCat or other online catalogs for current holdings. (NOTE: You will have to use Interlibrary Loan to access most of these, so exact dates, etc. for the information you're seeking is helpful).

Prof. Born has provided a phonological, grammatical, and lexical description of a German-American dialect that has never before been studied. It compares the Michigan Frankenmuth dialect with its parent dialect in central Franconia. The town of Frankenmuth was established in 1845 by an unusually homogeneous group of orthodox Lutherans bent on remaining separate from the American mainstream. The settlement history was therefore a significant factor in postponing the shift to American English in Frankenmuth until the middle of this century. This study will be of interest to scholars and students of dialectology, contrastive dialectology, and sociolinguistics.

A Polish wedding dance or a German biergarten in Milwaukee . . . . These are the images included in Wisconsin's land and life, images that evoke a strong sense of place. This book is a series of original essays by Wisconsin geographers that offers an introduction to the state's natural environment, the historical processes of its human habitation, and the ways that nature and people interact to create distinct regional landscapes. To read it is to come away with a sweeping view of Wisconsin's geography and history: the early Native Americans who began to shape the landscape and who established forest trails and river portages; the successive waves of Europeans who came to trade in furs, mine for lead and iron, cut the white pines, establish farms, work in the lumber and paper mills, and transform spent wheatfields into pasture for dairy cattle. Readers will learn, too, about the platting and naming of Wisconsin's towns, the establishment of county and township governments, the growth of urban neighborhoods and parishes, and the role of rivers, railroads, and religion in shaping the state's growth. Abundantly illustrated with photos and maps, this book will richly reward anyone who wishes to learn more about the land and life of the place we know as Wisconsin.

Two German-born families present, in the intimate detail of their own correspondence, the story of their pioneer years in America.; 600 pages; 40 photos.