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| The Lure of an Heirloom: In Place of a Preface | ||
| Introduction | 3 | |
| Pt. 1 | World of Origin: North Germany in the Biedermeier Era | 11 |
| 1 | German Patricians and Merchants in Crisis | 13 |
| 2 | The Homeland of the Gieseckes | 17 |
| 3 | Bremen and Its Hinterland | 27 |
| Pt. 2 | Enmeshment: North Germany and the Americas | 37 |
| 4 | The Lure of Mexico, Texas, and the United States | 39 |
| 5 | Galveston and Its Hinterland | 54 |
| Pt. 3 | World of Destination: Merchants and Immigrants in the Republic of Texas | 57 |
| 6 | North German Arrivals | 59 |
| 7 | Brazoria | 67 |
| 8 | The Many Worlds of the Gieseckes in Texas | 79 |
| Epilogue: Reflections on Migration | 109 | |
| Appendix 1 | Letters from Texas, 1844-1845: The Merchant and Farmer Charles A. Giesecke in Brazoria, Republic of Texas, to His Brother, the Merchant Friedrich Giesecke in Elze, AMT (Subdistrict) Gronau-Poppenburg, Kingdom of Hannover | 117 |
| Appendix 2 | Chart of the Giesecke Family: Some Relationships among the Giesecke, Sander, Basse, and Struve Families | 139 |
| Notes | 145 | |
| Glossary of Weights, Measures, and Monetary Units | 197 | |
| Bibliographical Essay and Bibliography | 199 | |
| Index | 245 |
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Lynda Lansford
reviewed Germans And Texans on July 21, 2011
Germans And Texans
In the 1800s many Germans immigrated to Texas. The reason for those migrations and the methods are exaimed.
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