The German-Americans

by La Vern J. Rippley

Overview

Originally printed in 1976, this sweeping text examines the history of German immigration to America from the pre-Revolutionary War period to the pre- and post-Civil War decades. Analyzes the push and pull factors which caused the immigration of millions of German-speaking Europeans.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780819127464
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	11/23/1983
Series:	Immigrant Heritage of America Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.63(w) x 8.51(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

La Vern J. Rippley is Professor of German at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.

Editorial Reviews

The best single volume history in print on the topic of German-American history.

Don Heinrich Tolzmann

This is the most informed, most readable text available. A wealth of material presented by a scholar fully in command of details as well as the ideas that link the past to the present.

Jurgen Eichhoff

This is the most informed, most readable text available. A wealth of material presented by a scholar fully in command of details as well as the ideas that link the past to the present.--Jurgen Eichhoff, University of Wisconsin

The best single volume history in print on the topic of German-American history.--Don Heinrich Tolzmann, University of Cincinnati

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