title: Import pandas dataframe column as string not int
body: <p>I would like to import the following csv as strings not as int64. Pandas read_csv automatically converts it to int64, but I need this column as string.</p>
  
  <pre><code>ID
  00013007854817840016671868
  00013007854817840016749251
  00013007854817840016754630
  00013007854817840016781876
  00013007854817840017028824
  00013007854817840017963235
  00013007854817840018860166
  
  
  df = read_csv('sample.csv')
  
  df.ID
  &gt;&gt;
  
  0   -9223372036854775808
  1   -9223372036854775808
  2   -9223372036854775808
  3   -9223372036854775808
  4   -9223372036854775808
  5   -9223372036854775808
  6   -9223372036854775808
  Name: ID
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Unfortunately using converters gives the same result. </p>
  
  <pre><code>df = read_csv('sample.csv', converters={'ID': str})
  df.ID
  &gt;&gt;
  
  0   -9223372036854775808
  1   -9223372036854775808
  2   -9223372036854775808
  3   -9223372036854775808
  4   -9223372036854775808
  5   -9223372036854775808
  6   -9223372036854775808
  Name: ID
  </code></pre>