One day for democracy : Independence Day and the Americanization of Iron Range immigrants /

From the Publisher: Just before the turn of the twentieth century, immigrants from eastern and southern Europe who had settled in mining regions of Minnesota formed a subculture that combined elements of Old World traditions and American culture. Their unique pluralistic version of Americanism was e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nemanic, Mary Lou, 1950- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : Ohio University Press, [2007]
Temas:
European Americans > Minnesota > Social life and customs.
European Americans > Cultural assimilation > Minnesota.
Fourth of July celebrations > Minnesota > History.
Immigrants > Minnesota > Social life and customs.
Miners > Minnesota > Social life and customs.
Iron ranges > Minnesota > History.
Américains d'origine européenne > Minnesota > Mœurs et coutumes.
Américains d'origine européenne > Acculturation > Minnesota.
Jour de l'indépendance (États-Unis) > Minnesota > Histoire.
Mineurs > Minnesota > Mœurs et coutumes.
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Fourth of July celebrations.
Immigrants > Social life and customs.
Iron ranges.
Manners and customs.
Miners > Social life and customs.
Minnesota > Social life and customs.
Minnesota > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects > History.
Europe, Eastern > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects > History.
Europe, Southern > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects > History.
Minnesota > Mœurs et coutumes.
Minnesota > Émigration et immigration > Aspect social > Histoire.
Europe de l'Est > Émigration et immigration > Aspect social > Histoire.
Europe méridionale > Émigration et immigration > Aspect social > Histoire.
Eastern Europe.
Southern Europe.
Minnesota.
History.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: "Toivo's Airbus, 1992"
  • Early Fourth of July celebrations : from rites of resistance to celebrations of American nationalism
  • The frontier period : celebrations of diversity in an isolated wilderness region, 1892-1905
  • One day for democracy : Independence Day as a festival of freedom in an era of labor oppression, 1906-24
  • The Great Depression : hard times, the New Deal, and a new nationalism, 1925-41
  • The queens of the Fourth of July : mass culture comes to the Iron Range, 1941-92
  • Epilogue: Looking into the twenty-first century.

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