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Title: From a Multiethnic Empire to a Nation of Nations: Austro-Hungarian Migrants in the US, 1870-1940

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Publication Year: 2016

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Abstract: From a Multiethnic Empire to a Nation of Nations examines migration between the Habsburg Monarchy and the US as well as return migration to Central Europe. There have long been conflicting views of migrants who arrived in the US between the middle of the nineteenth century and the outbreak of WWI. The socio-economic, demographic, and cultural analyses presented her offer a nuanced picture of the newly arrived and their offspring. The book describes multiple ethnic and religious groups from different regions of the Imperial Austria and the Kingdom of Hungary. However, it does not tell the rags-to-riches story of success. Moreover, it is not the rags-to-respectability narrative some historians have used to describe social mobility among migrants children. Our analysis shows that only with the third generation were Austro-Hungarian immigrants became to harvest the fruits of their grandparents and parents struggles for a better life. The newcomers created and upheld their own distinct public culture while integrating new, American elements into their lives. Austro-Hungarians became Americanized but they also changed America.

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Authors: Steidl, Annemarie; Fischer-Nebmaier, Wladimir; Oberly, James W

Publisher: StudienVerlag

Publisher Location: Innsbruck

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Volume: Transatlan

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration

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