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Chapter 5. THE GREAT MIGRATION

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter I
PREFACE V
CONTENTS IX
Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION 1
Chapter 2. THE GERMAN ELEMENT BEFORE 1848 6
Chapter 3. THE REVOLUTION OF 1848–1849 18
Chapter 4. THE RESPONSE FROM AMERICA 29
Chapter 5. THE GREAT MIGRATION 43
Chapter 6. UPROOTED LIVES 58
Chapter 7. NON-GERMAN FORTY–EIGHTERS 78
Chapter 8. “GERMAN FENIANISM” 92
Chapter 9. “LATIN FARMERS” 111
Chapter 10. FREETHINKERS AND PERSONAL LIBERTY 122
Chapter 11. THE TURNER 147
Chapter 12. POLITICAL RADICALISM 161
Chapter 13. NATIVISM 177
Chapter 14. THE SLAVERY ISSUE 191
Chapter 15. THE BATTLE FOR THE GERMAN VOTE 203
Chapter 16. IN DEFENSE OF THE UNION 221
Chapter 17. THE POLITICS OF THE POST-WAR YEARS 244
Chapter 18. THE JOURNALISTS 262
Chapter 19. THE GERMAN SOCIAL PATTERN 280
Chapter 20. LEARNING AND LETTERS 300
Chapter 21. THE REWARDS OF LABOR IN FREE AMERICA 321
Chapter 22. BISMARCK AND GERMAN UNITY 345
Chapter 23. THE END OF AN ERA 367
INDEX 375

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter I
PREFACE V
CONTENTS IX
Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION 1
Chapter 2. THE GERMAN ELEMENT BEFORE 1848 6
Chapter 3. THE REVOLUTION OF 1848–1849 18
Chapter 4. THE RESPONSE FROM AMERICA 29
Chapter 5. THE GREAT MIGRATION 43
Chapter 6. UPROOTED LIVES 58
Chapter 7. NON-GERMAN FORTY–EIGHTERS 78
Chapter 8. “GERMAN FENIANISM” 92
Chapter 9. “LATIN FARMERS” 111
Chapter 10. FREETHINKERS AND PERSONAL LIBERTY 122
Chapter 11. THE TURNER 147
Chapter 12. POLITICAL RADICALISM 161
Chapter 13. NATIVISM 177
Chapter 14. THE SLAVERY ISSUE 191
Chapter 15. THE BATTLE FOR THE GERMAN VOTE 203
Chapter 16. IN DEFENSE OF THE UNION 221
Chapter 17. THE POLITICS OF THE POST-WAR YEARS 244
Chapter 18. THE JOURNALISTS 262
Chapter 19. THE GERMAN SOCIAL PATTERN 280
Chapter 20. LEARNING AND LETTERS 300
Chapter 21. THE REWARDS OF LABOR IN FREE AMERICA 321
Chapter 22. BISMARCK AND GERMAN UNITY 345
Chapter 23. THE END OF AN ERA 367
INDEX 375

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