
Becoming Old Stock
More Americans trace their ancestry to Germany than to any other country. Arguably, German Americans form America''s largest ethnic group. Yet they have a remarkably low profile today, reflecting a dramatic, twentieth-century retreat from German-American identity. In this age of multiculturalism, why have German Americans gone into ethnic eclipse--and where have they ended up? Becoming Old Stock r...
More Americans trace their ancestry to Germany than to any other country. Arguably, German Americans form America''s largest ethnic group. Yet they have a remarkably low profile today, reflecting a dramatic, twentieth-century retreat from German-American identity. In this age of multiculturalism, why have German Americans gone into ethnic eclipse--and where have they ended up? Becoming Old Stock r...