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Author : Algot E. Strand
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book A History of the Swedish-Americans of Minnesota written by Algot E. Strand and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anne Gillespie Lewis
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN 13 : 0873517539
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (735 download)
Download or read book Swedes in Minnesota written by Anne Gillespie Lewis and published by Minnesota Historical Society Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise history of Swedes in Minnesota and the enormous influence that they have had on our state's politics, history, and culture.
Author : Philip J. Anderson
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN 13 : 9780873513999
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (139 download)
Download or read book Swedes in the Twin Cities written by Philip J. Anderson and published by Minnesota Historical Society Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays by scholars from both the United States and Sweden investigate various facets of Swedish life and culture in the Twin Cities.
Author : Joy K. Lintelman
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0873517628
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (735 download)
Download or read book I Go to America written by Joy K. Lintelman and published by Minnesota Historical Society. This book was released on 2009-06-25 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An 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 : Algot E. Strand
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book A History of the Swedish-Americans of Minnesota written by Algot E. Strand and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Algot E. Strand
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ISBN 13 : 9780832838729
Total Pages : 1147 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (387 download)
Download or read book History of Swedish-Americans of Minnesota written by Algot E. Strand and published by . This book was released on 1994-03-01 with total page 1147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lewis Publishing Company
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Download or read book A History of the Swedish-Americans of Minnesota written by Lewis Publishing Company and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Klas Bergman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781681340302
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Scandinavians in the State House written by Klas Bergman and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Nordic immigrant influence in Minnesota politics and culture, and the lasting legacy of a "Scandinavian state in the New World."
Author : Frederick Hale
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870203371
Total Pages : 73 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)
Download or read book Swedes in Wisconsin written by Frederick Hale and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2002-07 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resource added for the Psychology (includes Sociology) 108091 courses.
Author : A. E. Strand
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Total Pages : 1147 pages
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Download or read book A History of the Swedish-Americans of Minnesota written by A. E. Strand and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 1147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David M. Krueger
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452945438
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)
Download or read book Myths of the Rune Stone written by David M. Krueger and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do our myths say about us? Why do we choose to believe stories that have been disproven? David M. Krueger takes an in-depth look at a legend that held tremendous power in one corner of Minnesota, helping to define both a community’s and a state’s identity for decades. In 1898, a Swedish immigrant farmer claimed to have discovered a large rock with writing carved into its surface in a field near Kensington, Minnesota. The writing told a North American origin story, predating Christopher Columbus’s exploration, in which Viking missionaries reached what is now Minnesota in 1362 only to be massacred by Indians. The tale’s credibility was quickly challenged and ultimately undermined by experts, but the myth took hold. Faith in the authenticity of the Kensington Rune Stone was a crucial part of the local Nordic identity. Accepted and proclaimed as truth, the story of the Rune Stone recast Native Americans as villains. The community used the account as the basis for civic celebrations for years, and advocates for the stone continue to promote its validity despite the overwhelming evidence that it was a hoax. Krueger puts this stubborn conviction in context and shows how confidence in the legitimacy of the stone has deep implications for a wide variety of Minnesotans who embraced it, including Scandinavian immigrants, Catholics, small-town boosters, and those who desired to commemorate the white settlers who died in the Dakota War of 1862. Krueger demonstrates how the resilient belief in the Rune Stone is a form of civil religion, with aspects that defy logic but illustrate how communities characterize themselves. He reveals something unique about America’s preoccupation with divine right and its troubled way of coming to terms with the history of the continent’s first residents. By considering who is included, who is left out, and how heroes and villains are created in the stories we tell about the past, Myths of the Rune Stone offers an enlightening perspective on not just Minnesota but the United States as well.
Author : Dag Blanck
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452962413
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)
Download or read book Swedish-American Borderlands written by Dag Blanck and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reframing Swedish–American relations by focusing on contacts, crossings, and convergences beyond migration Studies of Swedish American history and identity have largely been confined to separate disciplines, such as history, literature, or politics. In Swedish–American Borderlands, this collection edited by Dag Blanck and Adam Hjorthén seeks to reconceptualize and redefine the field of Swedish–American relations by reviewing more complex cultural, social, and economic exchanges and interactions that take a broader approach to the international relationship—ultimately offering an alternative way of studying the history of transatlantic relations. Swedish–American Borderlands studies connections and contacts between Sweden and the United States from the seventeenth century to today, exploring how movements of people have informed the circulation of knowledge and ideas between the two countries. The volume brings together scholars from a wide range of disciplines within the humanities and social sciences to investigate multiple transcultural exchanges between Sweden and the United States. Rather than concentrating on one-way processes or specific national contexts, Swedish–American Borderlands adopts the concept of borderlands to examine contacts, crossings, and convergences between the nations, featuring specific case studies of topics like jazz, architecture, design, genealogy, and more. By placing interactions, entanglements, and cross-border relations at the center of the analysis, Swedish–American Borderlands seeks to bridge disciplinary divides, joining a diverse set of scholars and scholarship in writing an innovative history of Swedish–American relations to produce new understandings of what we perceive as Swedish, American, and Swedish American. Contributors: Philip J. Anderson, North Park U; Jennifer Eastman Attebery, Idaho State U; Marie Bennedahl, Linnaeus U; Ulf Jonas Björk, Indiana U–Indianapolis; Thomas J. Brown, U of South Carolina; Margaret E. Farrar, John Carroll U; Charlotta Forss, Stockholm U; Gunlög Fur, Linnaeus U; Karen V. Hansen, Brandeis U; Angela Hoffman, Uppsala U; Adam Kaul, Augustana College; Maaret Koskinen, Stockholm U; Merja Kytö, Uppsala U; Svea Larson, U of Wisconsin–Madison; Franco Minganti, U of Bologna; Frida Rosenberg, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm; Magnus Ullén, Stockholm U.
Author : Lewis Publishing Company
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230305752
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (57 download)
Download or read book A History of the Swedish-Americans of Minnesota Volume 1 written by Lewis Publishing Company and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IX. THE SWEDISH LUTHERAN CHURCH IN MINNESOTA, i By Rev. G. Wahlund. In the early territorial days of Minnesota, about sixty years ago, when the first Swedish immigrants came to this, the summit of the central valley of America, they found in this wilderness a country and a climate resembling very much that of the fatherland. Here they decided to toil for the earthly treasures and blessings their imagination had portrayed before they undertook the lonesome and perilous journey. The fertile soil beneath the sod gave promises of rich harvests every year; the brushy hills suggested abundant vegetation in a generous sunlight; the many rivers and lakes prophesied an inexhaustive yield of fish and a perpetual home of wild fowl, not to forget the water supply for increasing herds; the bracing atmosphere, the freedom, glory and good will of the most liberal and popular government on earth--all this the plucky pioneers found as a reward for their incessant labors, courage and endurance; such perseverance as has hardly been recorded even on pages of exaggerated fiction. Any chapter of Minnesota's history dedicated to the Swedish race will bear me out when I say that the Swedish immigrants have been equal to their opportunities and have gathered the earthly treasures by a strong arm. The early settler did not bring any wealth with him. If he is bountifully blessed now, he has found and earned it. His only treasure was the homely and often ill-fated trunk and its contents. The most precious and valuable personal articles contained therein were the Bible, a prayer book and a varied collection of Lutheran sermons. The sturdy Swede brought religion with him in his heart. The religion of his fathers and the faith of his childhood were endeared to...
Author : Kathleen Ernst
Publisher : American Girl Publishing Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781593692995
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (929 download)
Download or read book The Runaway Friend written by Kathleen Ernst and published by American Girl Publishing Incorporated. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julie really likes the new girl in her class, Carla Warner. Still, there's something odd about her. The things Carla says don't quite add up, and she avoids answering questions about her family. At first Julie is sure there's a sensible explanation, but soon she starts to wonder what's really going on. A disturbing discovery leads her to realize that her new friend may be in real danger! An illustrated "Looking Back" essay provides facts about America in the 1970s.
Author : Lars Ljungmark
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809320479
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)
Download or read book Swedish Exodus written by Lars Ljungmark and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 1996-04-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781363135745
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (357 download)
Download or read book HIST OF THE SWEDISH-AMER OF MI written by A. E. (Algot E. ). Strand and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ola Larsmo
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452956901
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)
Download or read book Swede Hollow written by Ola Larsmo and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting family saga immersed in the gritty, dark side of Swedish immigrant life in America in the early twentieth century When Gustaf and Anna Klar and their three children leave Sweden for New York in 1897, they take with them a terrible secret and a longing for a new life. But their dream of starting over is nearly crushed at the outset: a fire devastates Ellis Island just as they arrive, and then the relentlessly harsh conditions and lack of work in the city make it impossible for Gustaf to support his family. An unexpected gift allows the Klars to make one more desperate move, this time to the Midwest and a place called Swede Hollow. Their new home is a cluster of rough-hewn shacks in a deep, wooded ravine on the edge of St. Paul, Minnesota. The Irish, Italian, and Swedish immigrants who live here are a hardscrabble lot usually absent from the familiar stories of Swedish American history. The men hire on as poorly paid day laborers for the Great Northern or Northern Pacific railroads or work at the nearby brewery, and the women clean houses, work at laundries, or sew clothing in stifling factories. Outsiders malign Swede Hollow as unsanitary and rife with disease, but the Klar family and their neighbors persevere in this neglected corner of the city—and consider it home. Extensively researched and beautifully written, Ola Larsmo’s award-winning novel vividly portrays a family and a community determined to survive. There are hardships, indignities, accidents, and harrowing encounters, but also acts of loyalty and kindness and moments of joy. This haunting story of a real place echoes the larger challenges of immigration in the twentieth century and today.
