Walter D. Kamphoefner

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Walter D. Kamphoefner (born March 5, 1948 in Missouri ) is an American historian .

Life

Walter D. Kamphoefner studied at the University of Missouri-Columbia , where he obtained his master's degree in 1972 and in 1975/76 at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster . At the University of Missouri, he received his doctorate in 1978 , Dr. phil. In 1988 he went to Texas A&M University , where he has been a professor of history since 1995. His main research interests are 19th century American history, particularly American immigration and German emigration to the United States.

Fonts

  • Westphalia in the New World. A Social History of Emigration in the 19th Century . Coppenrath, Münster 1982, ISBN 3-88547-162-0 . Extended new edition: V&R unipress, Göttingen 2006, ISBN 3-89971-206-4 .
  • Wolfgang Helbich , Walter D. Kamphoefner (ed.): Germans in the American Civil War. Letters from the front and the farm 1861–1865 . Schöningh, Paderborn 2002, ISBN 3-506-73916-6 .
  • Walter D. Kamphoefner, Peter Marschalck, Birgit Nolte-Schuster: About hirers and farmers. Emigration from the Osnabrück region to North America in the 19th century. Emigration from the Osnabrück Region to North America in the 19th Century . Rasch, Bramsche 1999, ISBN 3-934005-11-X .
  • Walter D. Kamphoefner, Wolfgang Helbich, Ulrike Sommer (eds.): News from the Land of Freedom. German Immigrants Write Home . Cornell University Press, Ithaca 1991.
  • Wolfgang Helbich, Walter D. Kamphoefner, Ulrike Sommer (ed.): Letters from America. German emigrants write from the New World 1830–1930 . CH Beck, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-406-33114-9 .

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personal data
SURNAME Kamphoefner, Walter D.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American historian
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Missouri