TY - JOUR
AU - Rippley, LaVern J.
AB - 816 The Journal of American History December 2009 and legislative action, which Dorwart ably Architecture and Artifacts of the Pennsylvania Germans: Constructing Identity in Early Amer- chronicles. ica. By Cynthia G. Falk. (University Park: As a study of war, defense, and debates Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008. xiv, over security in the Delaware Valley this well- 241 pp. $45.00, isbn 978-0-271-03338-9.) researched study succeeds admirably. It is less persuasive in achieving its broader aim Employing five main chapters backed up by of establishing a connection between these a fine introduction, two appendices, and over themes and the rise of the national securi- one hundred illustrations, Cynthia G. Falk, ty state since 2001. Indeed, Dorwart’s anal- an associate professor in the Cooperstown ysis often has one eye on the present, which Graduate Program for material culture at sometimes leads to analytical anachronisms. the State University of New York, ably links Consider, for example, Dorwart’s treatment an immigrant people to the objects of their of the 1790s. He correctly recognizes the de- heritage and deciphers the objects’ meaning. cade as a period of uncertainty and turmoil She interprets material culture as a physi- regarding national security—the new Ameri- cal manifestation of 
TI - Architecture and Artifacts of the Pennsylvania Germans: Constructing Identity in Early America. By Cynthia G. Falk. (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008. xiv, 241 pp. $45.00, ISBN 978-0-271-03338-9.)
JF - The Journal of American History
DO - 10.1093/jahist/96.3.816
DA - 2009-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/architecture-and-artifacts-of-the-pennsylvania-germans-constructing-w8HkZGiYKk
SP - 816
EP - 817
VL - 96
IS - 3
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