Utopia
Revisiting a German State in America
Distributed for Edition Falkenberg
- Contents

Foreword
Peter Roloff
America, Land of Refuge. Emigration, Emigration Societies, and the Idea to Establish a German State in the New World (1816-1834)
Kilian Spiethoff
Departure and Journey of the Giessen Emigration Society
Rolf Schmidt
Missouri –“Where the sun of freedom shines”
Dorris Keeven-Francke
Decision for Illinois
Peter Roloff
Gert Goebel and the Giessen Emigration Society
Walter D. Kamphoefner and Adolf E. Schroeder
Growing Up in the Footsteps of the Giesseners
Walter D. Kamphoefner
“The America-Weary”
Henry Schneider
Political Emigration from Germany in the 19th Century
Steffen Weigmann
Hesse in Pre-March, 1819-1835
Ludwig Brake
The Giessen Emigration Society – Success or Failure?
Kilian Spiethoff
List of Figures
Biographies
Photographies by
Folker Winkelmann
History: General History
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