The Wisconsin Office of Emigration, 1852-1855, and its impact on German immigration to the state /

The Wisconsin Office of Emigration, 1852-1855, and its impact on German immigration to the state /

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Author / Creator:Strohschänk, Johannes.
Imprint:Madison, WI : Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies, c2005.
Description:155 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Studies of the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies, University of Wisconsin--Madison
Studies of the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies.
Subject:
Wisconsin. -- Office of the Commissioner of Emigration -- History.
Emigration and immigration.
Wisconsin -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
Germany -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
Germany.
Wisconsin.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5889491
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Other authors / contributors:Thiel, William G.
Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
ISBN:0924119225
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-153) and name index.
Table of Contents:
  • Why an Office for Emigrants to Wisconsin?
  • 1. Legal History and Political Background
  • 2. The Function of the Office of Commissioner of Emigration
  • Advice on the State of Wiconsin
  • Lathrop's Article
  • Lapham's Book
  • Wisconsin in the Early 1850s
  • Information Distributed by the Commissioners
  • Advice on Travel to Wisconsin
  • Protecting the Emigrant Against Fraud and Deception
  • Means Used by the Commissioners to Fulfill Their Responsibilities
  • Recommendations for Improving the Effectiveness of the Office
  • 3. The German Emigrant Literature Compared with the Information of the Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Emigration
  • Private Publications
  • Nordamerika Wisconsin, Calumet. Winke fur Auswanderer
  • Der nordamerikanische Freistaat Wisconsin
  • Wie sieht es in Wisconsin aus?
  • Der nordamerikanische Freistaat Wisconsin
  • Skizzen einer Reise durch Nordamerika und Westindien
  • Briefe aus Wisconsin in Nord-Amerika
  • Friendly Adviser for All Who Would Emigrate to America and Particularly Wisconsin
  • Contemporaneous Newspaper Articles
  • Wilhelm Ostenfeldt in the Itzehoer Wochenblatt
  • The Emigrant Press
  • Amerika: Das Gebiet Wisconsin und die deutsche Einwanderung dahin
  • Amerikanische Briefe. Auszuge aus Auswandererbriefen. Empfehlung von Wisconsin
  • Reise von New York nach Calumet (Wisconsin)
  • Das deutsche Element in Milwaukee im Staate Wisconsin
  • How Effective Was the Wisconsin Office of Commissioner of Emigration?
  • Key to Abbreviations
  • Bibliography
  • Wisconsin Government Documents
  • Other Wisconsin Sources of the Period
  • Literature for German Emigrants
  • A. Books
  • B. Periodicals
  • Secondary Sources
  • List of Names

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