A History of the Swedish-Americans of Minnesota
Author: Algot E. Strand
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Published: 1910
Total Pages: 404
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Author: Algot E. Strand
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Published: 1910
Total Pages: 404
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Allan Kastrup
Publisher: [Minneapolis] : Swedish Council of America
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 956
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Anita Olson Gustafson
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Published: 2018-12-14
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 1501757628
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Rebecca J. Mead
Publisher: MSU Press
Published: 2012-05-01
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 1609173236
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, large numbers of Swedish immigrants came to Michigan seeking new opportunities in the United States and relief from economic, religious, or political problems at home. In addition to establishing early farming communities, Swedish immigrants worked on railroad construction, mining, fishing, logging, and urban manufacturing. As a result, Swedish Americans made significant contributions to the economic and cultural landscape of Michigan, a history this book explores in engaging and illustrative depth. Swedes in Michigan traces the evolution of hard-working people who valued education and assimilated actively while simultaneously maintaining their cultural ties and institutions. Moving from past to present, the book examines community patterns, family connections, social organizations, exchange programs, ethnic celebrations, and business and technical achievements that have helped Swedes in Michigan maintain a sense of their heritage even as they have adapted to American life.
Author: Philip J. Anderson
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 420
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKPapers originally presented at a conference held in Chicago in Oct. 1988, sponsored by the Swedish-American Historical Society, and other others.
Author: Joy K. Lintelman
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Published: 2009-06-25
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 0873517628
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn intimate and detailed portrait of young Swedish women who chose to immigrate to America in the nineteenth century--why they left, what they found, and how they survived.
Author: Lars Ljungmark
Publisher: SIU Press
Published: 1996-04-01
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780809320479
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"America fever" gripped Sweden in the middle of the nineteenth century, seethed to a peak in 1910, when one-fifth of the world’s Swedes lived in America, cooled during World War I, and chilled to dead ash with the advent of the Great Depression in 1930. Swedish Exodus, the first English translation and revision of Lars Ljungmark’s Den Stora Utvandringen, recounts more than a century of Swedish emigration, concentrating on such questions as who came to America, how the character of the emigrants changed with each new wave of emigration, what these people did when they reached their adopted country, and how they gradually became Americanized. Ljungmark’s essential challenge was to capture in a factual account the broad sweep of emigration history. But often he narrows his focus to look closely at those who took part in this mass migration. Through historical records and personal letters, Ljungmark brings many of these people back to life. One young woman, for example, loved her parents, but loved America more: "I never expect to speak to you in this life. . . . Your loving daughter unto death." Like most immigrants, she never expected to return. Another immigrant wrote back seeking a wife: "I wonder how you have it and if you are living. . . . Are you married or unmarried? If you are unmarried, you can have a good home with me." Ljungmark also focuses closely on some of the leaders: Peter Cassel, a liberal temperance supporter and free-church leader whose community in America prospered; Hans Mattson, a colonel in the Civil War and founder of a colony in Minnesota; Erik Jansson, a book burner, self-proclaimed messiah, and founder of the Bishop Hill Colony; Gustaf Unonius, a student idealist and founder of a Wisconsin colony that faltered. The story of Swedish immigrants in the United States is the story in miniature of the greatest mass migration in human history, that of thirty-five million Europeans who left their homes to come to America. It is a human story of interest not only to Swedes but to everyone.
Author: A. E. (Algot E. ). Strand
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Published: 2016-08-26
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9781363135226
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Frederick Hale
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
Published: 2002-07
Total Pages: 73
ISBN-13: 0870203371
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Author: Amandus Johnson
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2023-07-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781021505903
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis meticulously researched book provides an in-depth look at the history and contributions of Swedish immigrants to America. Covering the period from 1638 to 1900, the book includes detailed profiles of notable Swedish-Americans, as well as accounts of their experiences as immigrants. Drawing from a wide range of primary sources, including diaries and letters, this book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in the history of immigration and multiculturalism in America. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.