4 “Venturesome sons of the fatherland”: Immigrants, Sojourners, and Visitors, 1870–1914

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 3
5. “I was born where wine and grapes are no rarity”: First Contacts 9
6. “The Esquimaux ... cannot be in better hands”: The Moravian Mission in Labrador 29
7. From Hamburg Bread to Turbines: Expanding Contacts in the Nineteenth Century 62
8. “Venturesome sons of the fatherland”: Immigrants, Sojourners, and Visitors, 1870–1914 89
9. “Few of civilization’s blessings”: Images, Impressions, and Perceptions 121
10. “I have with great patience withstood many insults”: The Enemy Alien Experience, 1914–1919 139
11. “I can get another Hiscock anytime, but I cannot get a Weber”: Newcomers after the War, 1919–1939 165
12. “Backwoodsmen of the sea”: Germans Look at Newfoundland between the World Wars 189
13. “We should first look to British stock”: Germans Deemed Undesirable? 205
14. “I had been loyal to the country”: Internment Operations and Experiences, 1939–1945 223
15. “Can the leopard change its spots?”: The Nazi Fifth-Column Experience, 1939–1945 253
16. “The spy among us”: The U-boat syndrome 285
17. Conclusions 295
18. Notes 305
19. Bibliography 347
20. Index 367