TABLE OF CONTENTS -- I. THEORY AND METHOD -- 1. Germania as an Ethnic Community -- II. A HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS -- 2. Old World Roots -- 3. The Founding of the Town -- III. CLASS, STATUS, AND POWER -- 4. Class and Challenge -- 5. Status Distinction and Ethnic Amalgamation -- 6. The Kaleidoscope of Power in Germania -- IV. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION -- 7. The Turners' Retreat from Monopoly -- APPENDIXES -- 1. Tables and Analyses of Rejected Cases -- 2. Structural and Generational Problems of Germania: Method of Study -- 3. Questionnaire Used in the Study -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.