German-Iowan Strategies in Celebrating the Centennial of Alexander von Humboldt’s Birth
Autor: Bill Roba
erschienen in HiN XV, 29 (2014)
The two largest cities of Eastern Iowa on the shore of the Mississippi River are Dubuque and Davenport. In each city, an elite group of German-Iowan leaders emerged by the late 1850s. Bill Roba describes and examines their strategies in celebrating the Centennial of Alexander von Humboldt’s Birth. >> read full article