The Dutch American Identity: Staging Memory and Ethnicity in Comm ...

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     ISBN:978-1-60497-565-9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Schoone-Jongen, Terence.
     The Dutch American identity : staging memory and ethnicity in community celebrations / by Terence Guy Schoone-Jongen.
           p. cm.
     Includes bibliographical references and index.
     ISBN 978-1-60497-565-9 (alk. paper)
1. Dutch Americans—Ethnic identity—Case studies.
2. Ethnicity—United States—Case studies.
3. Dutch Americans—Social life and customs—Case studies.
4. Festivals—United States—Case studies.
5. Community life—United States—Case studies.
6. Dutch Americans—Anniversaries, etc.—Case studies.
7. Memory—Social aspects—United States—Case studies.
8. Holland (Mich.)—Social life and customs.
9. Pella (Iowa)—Social life and customs.
10. Orange City (Iowa)—Social life and customs. I. Title.

     E184.D9S36 2008
     394.26089’3931073—dc22

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