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INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I

AN ESTIMATE OF THE NUMBER OF PERSONS OF GERMAN BLOOD IN

THE POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES

Previous investigations

Mannhardt's work reviewed by Böckh

Division of the subject into three problems

I. The total number of persons of German parentage in the

United States in 1900.

II. The number of persons of German blood in the United

States in 1790, and the number of their descendants in 1900.

III. The number of the descendants of German immigrants of

the period 1790–1900 not already enumerated

The addition of the results of these questions yields a total of

about eighteen millions, which represents approximately the

number of persons of German blood within the United States

in 1900.

Comparison with the numerical strength of the English and Irish

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5-6

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7-12

12-18

18-23

23-24

American specialties produced by Germans

Fruit-growing-Schwerdkopf, the first strawberry-grower in New

York.

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28-30

31-34

34-35

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35-37

37-38

38-39

GERMAN INFLUENCE ON THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE

UNITED STATES

II. IN TECHNICAL BRANCHES; IN OTHER MANUFACTURES

Technical schools of Germany the cause of the prominence of Ger-

mans in all technical branches in the United States.

Bridge-building: Röbling, Schneider, and others

Civil and electrical engineers: Fink, Haupt, Steinmetz, Hammer,

and many others.

Mining engineers: Sutro, Eilers, etc.

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78-80

80-87

87-88

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91

91-94

Chemical industries, chemical and pharmaceutical preparations,

patent medicines; importers.

Manufacturers of scientific apparatus

Inventors and manufacturers of machines, agricultural, etc.

Manufacture of glass, pottery, etc.; Amelung, Stiegel, and others

Manufacture of iron and steel; Stiegel, Fritz, Anschütz, Frick,

Schwab

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95-100

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101

POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF THE GERMAN ELEMENT IN THE

UNITED STATES

Popular impression concerning the Germans in politics

Their position defined

An influence of colonial times.

Their support of the Constitution of the United States

Germans active in the political issues of the nineteenth century

The question of slavery.

German leaders induce German voters to join the Republican

Party

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122-124

124-125

125-126

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126-130

130-133

The question of the civil service; Carl Schurz as Secretary of the

Interior institutes civil service reform

137-139

German-American Alliance

Activity in connection with Hepburn-Dolliver Bill

The German language in the public schools, etc.

Independent voting

Benjamin Franklin's nativism and testimony.

Jacob Leisler, an independent in politics

Carl Schurz, the "original independent

Several types of German politicians described

Carl Schurz

Francis Lieber

Samuel W. Pennypacker.

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144-146

146-147

William Bouck . .

THE GERMAN INFLUENCE ON EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES

Introductory remarks

Four periods ..

German schools and teachers in the eighteenth century; Franklin

College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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202

202-208

American students at German universities; Ticknor and Everett. 208-212

Cogswell and the Round Hill School, Northampton, Massachusetts 213–214

Influence of Pestalozzi and Fellenberg.

Horace Mann; his travels in Germany, and reports

Normal schools.

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Henry Barnard .

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Herbartian doctrines

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Cornell University, technical education; college of forestry

Other schools of forestry

Johns Hopkins University; graduate studies; German university

system transplanted

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