Overview / by C. Robert Ullrich, Jane K. Keller and Joseph R. Reinhart -- Immigration, xenophobia and bloody Monday / by John E. Kleber -- Catholic churches / by William C. Schrader -- Franciscan friars / by Adam Bunnell and Camillus Gott -- Ursuiline sisters and Catholic schools / by Martha Jacob -- Protestant churches / by Gordon A. Seiffertt -- Protestant and secular schools / by Victoria A. Ullrich -- German Christian orphanages, hospitals and elder care / by Gordon A. Seiffertt -- Jewish community and synagogues / by Carol A. Ely -- Newspapers / by Kevin Collins and Kathleen Pellegrino -- Brewers / by Conrad D. Selle and Peter R. Guetig -- Saloons and beer gardens / by Conrad D. Selle and Peter R. Guetig -- Singing societies / by Gary Falk -- The turners / by Gary Falk -- Butchertown / by Edna Kubala-Mott -- Germans in the Mexican War and the Civil War / by Joseph R. Reinhart -- Manufacturing / by Gary Falk -- Agriculture and food industries / by Carl E. Kramer -- Whiskey industries / by Michael R. Veach -- Hotels and restaurants / by Rick Bell -- Dry goods and department stores / by Holly Jenkins-Evans -- Dairies / by Robert J. Ehrler -- Bakeries and confectionaries / by Michael E. Maloney -- Pharmacies / by Mary Margaret Bell -- Funeral homes and cemeteries / by C. Robert Ullrich -- Germantown and Schnitzelburg / by Donald A. Haag -- Anti-German sentiment during the world wars / by John E. Kleber -- German cultural influences in modern times / by Don Heinrich Tolzmann and C. Robert Ullrich.