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Cincinnati Turner Societies: The Cradle of an American Movement
Contributor(s): Woellert, Dann (Author)
ISBN: 1540230708     ISBN-13: 9781540230706
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
OUR PRICE:   $28.79  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: February 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi
- Sports & Recreation | Gymnastics
- Sports & Recreation | History
Dewey: 796.409
Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6" W x 9" (0.90 lbs) 178 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - German
- Geographic Orientation - Kentucky
- Cultural Region - Southeast U.S.
- Geographic Orientation - Ohio
- Cultural Region - Midwest
- Locality - Cincinnati, Ohio
 
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Publisher Description:
Seeking asylum after the failed German Revolution of 1848, refugees flocked to Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine Neighborhood. They brought their Germanic culture language, literature, music, art, dance, drink, celebration or gemutlichkeit" AND, their love for gymnastics. It was here in the small tavern, "Hecker Haus," that the American Turners were born, founded by a group of 14 German speaking immigrants. This movement rapidly spread, influencing a growing nation in education, progressive thought, politics, human rights, health, literature and the arts. This is the story of that organization, born and raised in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, which fostered a great German-American movement."