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Independent immigrants : a settlement of Hanoverian Germans in western Missouri /

"Frizzell examines the American immigrant experience of German peasant farmers from the Kingdom of Hanover, who immigrated to Lafayette County, Missouri, to form a new community centered on the town of Concordia, showing how it differed from other German immigrant communities in America and how...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frizzell, Robert W., 1947-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2007]
Subjects:
Germans > Missouri > Lafayette County > History > 19th century.
German Americans > Missouri > Lafayette County > History > 19th century.
Lafayette County (Mo.) > History > 19th century.
Concordia (Mo.) > History > 19th century.
Lafayette County (Mo.) > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century.
Hannover (Germany : Province) > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century.
Online Access:Table of contents only
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Summary:"Frizzell examines the American immigrant experience of German peasant farmers from the Kingdom of Hanover, who immigrated to Lafayette County, Missouri, to form a new community centered on the town of Concordia, showing how it differed from other German immigrant communities in America and how it flourished after the Civil War"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:xii, 202 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-191) and index.
ISBN:9780826217615 (alk. paper)
0826217613 (alk. paper)