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Record Nr.

UNINA9910953993503321

Autore

Fapso Richard J

Titolo

Norwegians in Wisconsin / / Richard J. Fapso

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, c2001

ISBN

0-87020-623-0

Edizione

[Rev. and expanded ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (72 p.)

Collana

People of Wisconsin

Disciplina

977.5/0043982

977.50043982

Soggetti

Norwegian Americans - Wisconsin - History

Wisconsin History

Wisconsin Ethnic relations

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. 67-68) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- In Search of New Opportunities -- The Difficult Journey -- Adaptation and Change -- Religion and Schools -- The Immigrant Press -- Frontier and Farm Life -- The Letters of Ole Munch Ræder, 1847 -- The Letters of Anders Jensen Stortroen, 1857-1862 -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This perennially popular book, now revised and expanded with additional historical photos and documents, offers a concise introduction to Wisconsin's Norwegian immigrants.The narrative examines the mass migration of Norwegians from 1837, when Ole Nattestad became the first Norwegian settler in Wisconsin, to the late nineteenth century, when.