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Long before George Elliott Howard (1849–1928) became one of Nebraska’s premier sociologists and was elected president of the American Sociological Association (1917), he was a footloose young scholar who pursued postgraduate education in Germany during 1876–1878. Eager to share his adventures, Howard wrote and dispatched seven insightful essays that were quickly published in Nebraska newspapers. Here, collected together for the first time, are Howard’s firsthand observations on travel in Europe, life and learning in Germany, studying the German language, student beer-drinking societies, and a walking tour in Austria. Edited and introduced by Michael R. Hill, Howard’s essays are placed squarely in the academic milieu of the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Simultaneously, Howard’s written chronicles provide delightfully inspiring examples for young scholars today who dream of travel and study in foreign lands.

ISBN

978-1-60962-321-0

Publication Date

2024

Publisher

Zea Books

City

Lincoln, Nebraska

Keywords

students, study abroad, Germany, Austria, Nebraska

Disciplines

Adult and Continuing Education | Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Sociology

Comments

Copyright © by Michael R. Hill 2023

Books, Boots, and Beer Halls in Germany: Observations by a Young Nebraskan Studying in Europe, 1876–1878

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