Carl Schurz - A Biography

"Born in Germany in 1829, Schurz became involved in the Revolution of 1848 when he was a student at the University of Bonn. Participating in the revolutionary army in Baden, he managed to escape through a sewer during the siege of Rastatt, flee across the Rhine to France, and come back to rescue his professor, Gottfried Kinkel, from a jail near Berlin. This deed made him famous, and when he came to America in 1852, he speedily made use of his ethnic connections to enter politics."--BOOK JACKET. "As a role model for German Americans, Schurz always preached the necessity of assimilation but the retention of the German heritage. Schurz's legacy is of importance to this day, particularly because he represented the older liberal German tradition with its tolerance and opposition to racial and religious hatreds."--BOOK JACKET.

About the author

Hans Trefousse (1921-2010) was Distinguished Professor of History at Brooklyn College and at the Graduate Center, of the City University of New York.

Summary

A biography of Carl Schurz, a German who took part in the 1848 revolution. He then went to America, where his ethnic connections enabled him to enter politics. He eventually became Secretary of the Interior. This book sheds light on the problems of immigration and the retention of ethnic identity.

Product details

• Authors: Hans Trefousse, Hans L Trefousse, Hans L. Trefousse, Hans Louis Trefousse
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1998
• EAN: 9780823218547
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-1854-7
• No. of pages: 386
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 748 g
• Series: The North's Civil War; North's Civil War (Hardcover); North's Civil War
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education