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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452835403321

Autore

Hancks Jeffrey W

Titolo

Scandinavians in Michigan [[electronic resource] /] / Jeffrey W. Hancks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-60917-044-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (97 p.)

Collana

Discovering the peoples of Michigan

Disciplina

977.40043/95

977.4004395

Soggetti

Immigrants - Michigan - History

Scandinavian Americans - Michigan - History

Scandinavian Americans - Michigan - Social conditions

Scandinavian Americans - Michigan - Social life and customs

Electronic books.

Michigan Ethnic relations

Michigan Social conditions

Michigan Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-84) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Denmark -- Sweden -- Norway -- Conclusions -- Sidebars: The Danish Sisterhood of America ; The Danish festival in Greenville ; Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg : from Ishpeming to the world ; Norwegian skiing in Michigan ; Icelanders in Michigan -- Appendices: Official Scandinavian representation in Michigan ; Scandinavian-American civic and cultural organizations in Michigan ; Scandinavian place names in Michigan ; Scandinavian newspapers in Michigan ; Scandinavian-American cooking ; Scandinavian-American folk humor.

Sommario/riassunto

The Scandinavian countries, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, are commonly grouped together by their close historic, linguistic, and cultural ties. Their age-old bonds continued to flourish both during and after the period of mass immigration to the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Scandinavians felt comfortable with each other, a feeling forged through centuries of familiarity, and they usually chose to live in close proximity in



communities throughout the Upper Midwest of the United States.     Beginning in the middle of the nineteenth century and continuing until t