02568nam 2200613Ia 450 991045171260332120200520144314.00-8166-9027-80-8166-5287-2(CKB)1000000000346946(EBL)310795(OCoLC)476096257(SSID)ssj0000283191(PQKBManifestationID)11195397(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283191(PQKBWorkID)10341522(PQKB)10295441(MiAaPQ)EBC310795(OCoLC)191818190(MdBmJHUP)muse39718(Au-PeEL)EBL310795(CaPaEBR)ebr10159590(CaONFJC)MIL522699(EXLCZ)99100000000034694619990106d1999 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe promise of America[electronic resource] a history of the Norwegian-American people /Odd S. LovollRev. ed.Minneapolis University of Minnesota Press, published in cooperation with the Norwegian-American Historical Associationc19991 online resource (394 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-3350-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-364) and index.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; INDEXIn 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.Norwegian AmericansHistoryNorwegiansUnited StatesHistoryElectronic books.Norwegian AmericansHistory.NorwegiansHistory.973.0043982973/.043982Lovoll Odd Sverre864059MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451712603321The promise of America2053483UNINA