
"A deep and dedicated investigation into how German immigrants assimilated in South Carolina up to the mid-20th century...The Charleston community is rendered with great care in this interesting historical account...If you think you know a city, think again-just below...

By 1900, the German population in the United States was close to 2.7 million. In numerous cities in the Northeast and Midwest, those who had immigrated in the nineteenth century congregated in demarcated ethnic neighborhoods-"little Germanies." This was not the...