TY - JOUR AU - Roba, Bill PY - 2014/08/14 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - German-Iowan Strategies in Celebrating the Centennial of Alexander von Humboldt’s Birth JF - HiN - Alexander von Humboldt im Netz. Internationale Zeitschrift für Humboldt-Studien JA - Humboldt im Netz VL - 15 IS - 29 SE - Beiträge DO - 10.18443/210 UR - https://www.hin-online.de/index.php/hin/article/view/210 SP - 179-188 AB - 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. ER -