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In their own words : letters from Norwegian immigrants /
Forming an engaging, colorful mosaic of voices from the immigrant experience, this collection of letters offers a unique perspective on historical events as well as the experience of everyday life.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Norwegian |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press in cooperation with the Norwegian-American Historical Association,
©1991.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- Introduction
- Sources of Letters and Photographs
- 1. A Peripatetic Schoolteacher: Andreas Hjerpeland: 1871-1893
- 2. A Single Woman in Illinois: Berta Serina Kingestad: 1885-1893
- 3. An Urban Norwegian in the Red River Valley: Gunnar Høst: 1883-1905
- 4. An Unhappy Immigrant Returns Home: Hans Øverland: 1887-1893
- 5. A Family Moves to Wisconsin: Barbro Ramseth: 1888-1904
- 6. Politics and Gold Mining on the West Coast: Hans Hansen and Sivert Øien: 1890
- 1913
- 7. A Chicago Mother: Bergljot Anker Nilssen: 1923-1929.
- 8. A Brooklyn Builder: Christ Gundersen: 1908-1945
- Maps
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W.