German and Swiss Settlements of Colonial Pennsylvania: A Study of the So-Called Pennsylvania Dutch [Paperback]

Oscar Kuhns (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 276 pages
• Publisher: Heritage Books; Facsimile reprint edition (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556131976
• ISBN-13: 978-1556131974
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #664,809 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #62 in Books > History > Europe > Switzerland

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4.0 out of 5 stars A complete and concise review of the topic., December 13, 1998

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This review is from: German and Swiss Settlements of Colonial Pennsylvania: A Study of the So-Called Pennsylvania Dutch (Paperback)

The chapter titles are: "The Historic Background", "The settling of the German counties of Pennsylvania", "Over land and sea", "Manners and customs of the Pennsylvania-German farmer in the eighteenth century", "Language, Literature and Education", "The religous life", "In peace and war", and "Conclusion". The book is well footnoted, making further in-depth study possible. I particularly enjoyed the descriptions of the progress of the German farmers in clearing the land and turning it into productive bountiful farms. Also, the descriptions of early religous life and the introduction of Methodism into what was previously mostly a Lutheran community.

The book includes a good surname index, which makes it useful for genealogical research.