Table of Contents

Contents: The Pioneers – The American Revolution – The Forty-eighters and the Civil War – Leaders in Business, the Arts, and Government – The German Heritage – The German Heritage, Continued – Tribute to America – Religious and Decorative Sculpture – German Monuments in Latin America

About the Author

The Author: Hans A. Pohlsander is a native of Germany, but a long-time resident of the United States. He holds degrees from the University of Utah, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Michigan. He is Professor Emeritus of Classics and Religious Studies at the University at Albany, State University of New York. His principal publications are Helena: Empress and Saint (1995), The Emperor Constantine (1996 and 2004), and most recently, National Monuments and Nationalism in 19th Century Germany (Bern: Peter Lang 2008). He has also edited Volumes VII and XII of Sources for the History of Cyprus (1999 and 2006).