German Immigrants, Race, and Citizenship in the Civil War Era

Introduction: naturalized citizens, transnational perspectives, and the arc of reconstruction 1. The German language of American citizenship 2. The 'freedom-loving German', 1854-60 3. Black suffrage as a German cause in Missouri, 1865 4. Principal rising, 1865-9 5. Wendepunkt: the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1 6. The Liberal Republican transition, 1870-2 7. Class, culture, and the decline of reconstruction, 1870-6 Epilogue: the Great Strike of 1877 Appendix: voting tables Bibliography.