
In the 2000 census, 42.8
million Americans claimed
German ancestry, making
German-Americans the largest
single heritage group in the
United States.
 An Amish buggy in modern- day Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Dutch are
are not Dutch at all, but rather
Pennsylvania Deutsch (German).
They are descended from
17th- and 18th-century
immigrants from Germany,
Alsace, & Switzerland.

German culture is not only to be
found in central Europe. There
are significant German-speaking
minorities in over 25 countries.
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German American Immigration
Tearing
the Silence: On Being German in America, by
Ursula Hegi, 304 p. (1998)
The
German-American Encounter: Conflict and
Cooperation Between Two Cultures, 1800-2000, by Frank Trommler,
Elliott Shore, 400 p. (2001)
 Tolzmann, The German-
American Experience
The
German-American Experience, by Don
Heinrich Tolzmann, 466 p. (2000)
German
Americans (We are America), by Tristan
Boyer Binns, 32 p. (2003)
The
Germans (We Came to North America), by
Greg Nickles, 32 p. (2001)
The
German American Family Album, by Dorothy
Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler, 128 p. (1998)
German
Americans (Immigrant Experience), by
Liz Sonneborn, 112 p. (2003)
The
German Americans (The Immigrant Experience), by
Anne Galicich, Sandra Stotsky (1996)
German
Immigrants, 1820-1920, by Helen Frost,
32 p. (2001)
German-American
Life: Recipes and Traditions, by John
D. Zug, Karin Gottier, 208 p. (1991)
Becoming
Old Stock : The Paradox of German-American Identity, by
Russell A. Kazal, 390 p. (2004)
German
Americans (Spirit of America Our Cultural Heritage), pages
9-12, by C. Ann Fitterer, 32 p. (2002)
Regional Settlements
Contented
Among Strangers: Rural German-Speaking
Women and Their Families in the Nineteenth-Century Midwest, by
Linda Schelbitzki Pickle (1995)
German
and Swiss Settlements of Colonial Pennsylvania: A
Study of the So-Called Pennsylvania Dutch, by Oscar Kuhns, 276
p. (1989)
Foreigners
in Their Own Land: Pennsylvania Germans
in the Early Republic, by Stephen M. Nolt, 208 p. (2002)
German
Workers in Chicago: A Documentary History
of Working-Class Culture from 1850 to World War I, by Hartmut
Keil, John B. Jentz, 448 p. (1988)
Germans
in Wisconsin, by Richard H. Zeitlin,
72 p. (2000)
Germans
in Michigan, by Jeremy W. Kilar, 58
p. (2002)
German
Seed in Texas Soil: Immigrant Farmers
in Nineteenth-Century Texas, by Terry G. Jordan, 261 p. (1994)
German
Pioneers on the American Frontier: The
Wagners in Texas and Illinois, by Andreas V. Reichstein, 336 p.
(2001)
Germans
of Louisiana, by Ellen C. Merrill,
Don Heinrich Tolzmann, 380 p. (2004)
The
Virginia Germans, by Klaus Wust (1989)
German
Migration to Missouri: My Family's Story
, by Paul C. Nagel, 232 p. (2002)
German
Settlement in Missouri: New Land, Old
Ways, by Robin Burnett, Ken Luebbering, 124 p. (1996)
The
St. Louis German Catholics, by William
Barnaby Faherty, 125 p. (2004)
German
Settlers of South Bend, by Gabrielle
Robinson, 128 p. (2003)
Biographical Accounts & Literature
New release
The
Way Home : A German Childhood, an American Life, by
Ernestine Bradley, 272 p. (2005)
Tearing
the Silence: On Being German in America, by
Ursula Hegi, 304 p. (1997)
Justly
Proud: A German American Family in Indiana, by
Beverly Raffensperger Fauvre, 210 p. (1995) 
Letters
of a German American Farmer: Jurnjakob Swehn Travels to America, by
Johannes Gillhoff, Richard Lorenz August Trotz, 180 p. (2000)
News
from the Land of Freedom: German Immigrants Write Home, by
Walter D. Kamphoefner, Wolfgang Helbich, Ulrike Sommer (1993)
My
Farm on the Mississippi: The Story of a German in Missouri, 1945-1948, by
Heinrich Hauser, Curt A. Poulton, 168 p. (2001)
How
I Became an American, by Karin Gundisch,
James Skofield, 120 p. (2001)
German-American
Folklore, by Mac E. Barrick, 264 p.
(1990)
German Heritage & Ancestry
Finding
Your German Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide, by
Kevan M. Hansen, 80 p. (1999)
A
Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Germanic Ancestors: How
to Find and Record Your Unique Heritage, by Chris Anderson, Ernest
Thode, S. Chris Anderson, 191 p. (2000)
In
Search of Your German Roots. The Complete
Guide to Tracing Your Ancestors in the Germanic Areas of Europe,
4th ed., by Angus Baxter, 128 p. (2001)
German American Relations & WW II Internment
Parting
Ways: The Crisis In German-American Relations, by
Stephen F. Szabo, 195 p. (2004)
America's
Invisible Gulag: A Biography of German
American Internment & Exclusion in World War II: Memory & History,
by Stephen Fox, 379 p. (2000)
Undue
Process: The Untold Story of America's
German Alien Internees, by Arnold Krammer, 224 p. (1997)
Encyclopedia
of Contemporary German Culture, by
John Sandford (ed.), 624 p. (2001)
The
Cambridge Companion to Modern German Culture, ed.
Eva Kolinsky & Wilfried van der Will (eds.)
A
User's Guide to German Cultural Studies, by
Scott Denham, Irene Kacandes, Jonathan Petropoulos (eds.), 576 p.
1997.
When
in Germany, Do as the Germans Do, by
Hyde Flippo, 176 p. (2002)
The
German Way: Aspects of Behavior, Attitudes,
and Customs in the German-Speaking World, by Hyde Flippo, 144
p. (1996)
German
Pride: 101 Reasons to Be Proud You're German, by Gretchen Schmidt,
278 p. (2003)
Germany:
Unraveling an Enigma, by Greg Nees,
217 p. (2000)
The
Germans, by Gordon A. Craig, 361 p.
(1991)
Modern
Germany: Politics, Society and Culture, by
Peter James, 220 p. (1998)
Relocating
Germanness: Discursive Disunity in Unified Germany, by
Patrick Stevenson, John Theobald (eds.), 208 p. (2000)
Contemporary
Germany: A Handbook,: by Derek Lewis,
Johannes Schwitalla, Ulrike Zitzlsperger, 312 p. (2001)
Culture
Smart Germany: A Quick Guide to Customs and Etiquette, by
Barry Tomalin, 160 p. (2003)
Culture
Shock! Germany, by Richard Lord, 311
p. (2003)
Culture
Smart Switzerland, by Kendall Maycock,
168 p. (2004)
Why
Switzerland?, by Jonathan Steinberg,
320 p. (1996)
Understanding
Cultural Differences: Germans, French, and Americans, by
Edward Twitchell Hall, Mildred Reed Hall, 208 p. (1990)
German
Minorities in Europe: Ethnic Identity and Cultural Belonging, by
Stefan Wolff, 235 p. (2001)
Fringe
Voices: Texts by and about Minorities in the Federal Republic of Germany, by
Antje Harnisch, Anne-Marie Stokes, Friedmann Weidauer (eds.), 320
p. (1999)
Germans
or Foreigners? Attitudes Towards Ethnic
Minorities in Post-Reunification Germany, by Richard Alba, Peter
Schmidt, Martina Wasmer, 308 p. (2003)
Turkish
Culture in German Society Today, by
David Horrocks, Eva Kolinsky, 207 p. (1996)
Berlin
and Its Culture: A Historical Portrait, by
Ronald Taylor, 416 p. (1997)
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