TY - JOUR KW - Newspapers KW - Industries KW - Poetry KW - German language KW - Ethnic groups KW - Ethnic identity KW - Customs and traditions KW - Ontario KW - World War I KW - Acculturation KW - Waterloo County AU - Herbert Kalbfleisch AB - An essay about German identity in southwestern Ontario, based on examples from German-language newspapers in Ontario. The author attributes the lack of active political ambition by early German Canadian settlers, their loyalty to the British monarchy from the 1870s, and the events of World War I to the decline of the German language and any strong ties to the Fatherland. BT - Waterloo Historical Society C1 - Peterson, Henry William C2 - Berliner Journal; Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung; Der Canadische Kolonist; Der Deutsche Canadier C3 - Waterloo Co C4 - c1800-c1950 C7 - English(30) DP - Elizabeth Bloomfield. WATERLOO REGIONAL HISTORY BIBLIOGRAPHY SYSTEM. Most pre-1993 items are also included in the print work Waterloo County to 1972: an Annotated Bibliography of Regional History. Kitchener: Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation, 1993. ID - 1648 LA - English M1 - Journal Article M3 - Print(0) PY - 1952 SP - 18 EP - 29 EP - T1 - German or Canadian? T2 - Waterloo Historical Society VL - 40 SN - 0315-5021 ER -