Author: Falk, Cynthia G.
Title: Architecture and Artifacts of the Pennsylvania Germans: Constructing Identity in Early America
Description: University Park, Pennsylvania, The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008. Hardcover. Autumn rust cloth, siena & color illustrated dust jacket, xiv, 241 pp. many BW illustrations throughout. "Explores the relationship between ethnicity and the buildings, personal belongings, and other cultural artifacts of early Pennsylvania German immigrants and their descendants. Such material culture has been the basis of stereotyping Pennsylvania Germans almost since their arrival. Falk warns us against the typical scholarly overemphasis on Pennsylvania Germans' assimilation to an English way of life. Rather, she demonstrates that more than anything, socioeconomic status and religious affiliation influenced the character of the Pennsylvania Germans' material culture. Her work also shows how early Pennsylvania Germans defined their own identities." (dj). VG/VG .

Keywords: American Architecture ; Pennsylvania German Architecture ; ; Regional Architecture - American


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