Historians usually look for the origins of American political culture among English-speaking people and British constitutional and legal sources. Yet German imm

Historians usually look for the origins of American political culture among English-speaking people and British constitutional and legal sources. Yet German imm

The bestselling author of "Washington's Crossing" and "Albion's Seed" offers a strikingly original history of America's founding principles. Fischer examines li

Becoming German tells the intriguing story of the largest and earliest mass movement of German-speaking immigrants to America. The so-called Palatine migration

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