Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-218) and index.
Contents:
The first Germans arrive in America: life in Jamestown -- Germantown: the first permanent German settlement in America -- Religious divisiveness among early German immigrants -- Nineteenth-century German immigrants -- A german immigrant decries anti-immigrant violence -- A Civil War letter -- German American life and culture in nineteenth-century Texas -- Stereotypes of German Americans -- The rise of the German American beer barons -- Superpatriotism: proving loyalty to American during World War I -- Fleeing Hitler: the German cultural elite come to America -- Nazi activity among German Americans before World War II -- A German American boy's memories of internment during World War II -- A family exiled from Nazi Germany adjusts to a new life -- A Holocaust survivor comes to America -- Being German American in modern times -- Levi Strauss, entrepreneur -- Albert Einstein, physicist -- Dr. Seuss, children's author -- Henry Kissinger, statesman -- Heidi Klum, supermodel -- Chronology.
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