German immigrants, race, and citizenship in the Civil War era /
Efford, Alison Clark,1979-
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-259) and index.
Introduction: Naturalized Citizens, Transnational Perspectives, and the Arc of Reconstruction -- The German Language of American Citizenship -- The "Freedom-Loving German," 1854-1860 -- Black Suffrage as a German Cause in Missouri, 1865 -- Principle Rising, 1865-1869 -- Wendepunkt : The Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 -- The Liberal Republican Transition, 1870-1872 -- Class, Culture, and the Decline of Reconstruction, 1870-1876 -- Epilogue: The Great Strike of 1877 -- Appendix: Voting Tables.
German Americans
Immigrants
German Americans
Citizenship
African Americans
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)