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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784499603321

Autore

Lovoll Odd Sverre

Titolo

The promise of America [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the Norwegian-American people / / Odd S. Lovoll

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, published in cooperation with the Norwegian-American Historical Association, c1999

ISBN

0-8166-9027-8

0-8166-5287-2

Edizione

[Rev. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (394 p.)

Disciplina

973.0043982

973/.043982

Soggetti

Norwegian Americans - History

Norwegians - United States - History

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. 351-364) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION: NORWAY AND EUROPE; 1. THE EMIGRATION; 2. A NORWEGIAN-AMERICAN SOCIETY COMES INTO BEING; 3. AN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY DEVELOPS; 4. THE IMMENSE LAND; 5. THE SPIRIT AND THE MIND; 6. THE PRESS AND PUBLIC LIFE; 7. CULTURAL GROWTH; 8. NEW CONQUESTS-COUNTRY AND TOWN; 9. NORWEGIAN AMERICA; 10. THE PROMISE FULFILLED; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

In The Promise of America, historian Odd S. Lovoll tells the story of the thousands of Norwegian immigrants who gambled on a fresh start in the United States. Now, Lovoll has carefully revised this successful book to reflect new understandings of the Norwegian-American past, updating this story to today.