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What Have the Germans Ever Done for Us?: A History of the German Population of Great Britain

Susan Duxbury-Neumann

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Description:By the second half of the nineteenth century, Germans had formed the largest immigrant group in England and Wales after the Irish, peaking at over 60,000. The German immigrants pursued many trades in Britain. It has been recently discovered that German pork butchers, a result of chain migration of Swabian peasant farmers and pig-breeders, opened butchers shops in most towns and cities of Great Britain, providing factory workers with cheap and tasty 'take-away' meals. The sugar industry was mostly in German hands until the mid-nineteenth century. Although the work was difficult and dangerous, sugar-baking was a major employer and exploiter of lower-class Germans, but almost extinct by the end of the century. Other main occupations were waiters (later restaurant owners), merchants, office clerks, watch makers and musicians. Female migrants found employment in German-owned businesses; came to be married or work as 'nannies' and teachers. German customs, guilds and cultural societies were founded according to class and religion. With the outbreak of the First World War, a paranoid hatred of everything German resulted in internment and deportation and a complete wipe-out of the German population in Great Britain. This book tells the intriguing story of German migration to Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution, and explores what happened to them in that tense early twentieth-century atmosphere.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with What Have the Germans Ever Done for Us?: A History of the German Population of Great Britain. To get started finding What Have the Germans Ever Done for Us?: A History of the German Population of Great Britain, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: By the second half of the nineteenth century, Germans had formed the largest immigrant group in England and Wales after the Irish, peaking at over 60,000. The German immigrants pursued many trades in Britain. It has been recently discovered that German pork butchers, a result of chain migration of Swabian peasant farmers and pig-breeders, opened butchers shops in most towns and cities of Great Britain, providing factory workers with cheap and tasty 'take-away' meals. The sugar industry was mostly in German hands until the mid-nineteenth century. Although the work was difficult and dangerous, sugar-baking was a major employer and exploiter of lower-class Germans, but almost extinct by the end of the century. Other main occupations were waiters (later restaurant owners), merchants, office clerks, watch makers and musicians. Female migrants found employment in German-owned businesses; came to be married or work as 'nannies' and teachers. German customs, guilds and cultural societies were founded according to class and religion. With the outbreak of the First World War, a paranoid hatred of everything German resulted in internment and deportation and a complete wipe-out of the German population in Great Britain. This book tells the intriguing story of German migration to Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution, and explores what happened to them in that tense early twentieth-century atmosphere.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with What Have the Germans Ever Done for Us?: A History of the German Population of Great Britain. To get started finding What Have the Germans Ever Done for Us?: A History of the German Population of Great Britain, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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