Norway To America : A History of the Migration /

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This book tells the story of the migration as it affected both countries and investigates the reasons for "American Fever." The story ends with a discussion of the ways in which Norwegian-Americans retain their ties to Norway. The book was first published in Norway as Dröm og Dad (Dream a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Semmingsen, Ingrid, 1910-1995
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Norwegian
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1978.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Norwegians.
Norwegian Americans.
Emigration and immigration.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Americains d'origine norvegienne > Histoire.
Norwegians > United States.
Norwegian Americans > History.
United States.
Norway.
Norway > Emigration and immigration.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Contents; Migration; The Sloop Restauration, 1825; Pioneers; Exodus, 1836-65; Land of Freedom and Opportunity, the 1850s; The Long Journey; Years of Trial and Triumph; A Pioneer Society; Encountering Americans; The Big Families; Change and Unrest, 1865-1915; The Fabulous Land; Norway in America; Politics and Organizations; The Immigrants Become Americans; The Emigrants and the Homeland; Notes; 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; Y.

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