LEADER 02535nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910784499603321 005 20230422044625.0 010 $a0-8166-9027-8 010 $a0-8166-5287-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000346946 035 $a(EBL)310795 035 $a(OCoLC)476096257 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000283191 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11195397 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283191 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10341522 035 $a(PQKB)10295441 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC310795 035 $a(OCoLC)191818190 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse39718 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL310795 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10159590 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL522699 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000346946 100 $a19990106d1999 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe promise of America$b[electronic resource] $ea history of the Norwegian-American people /$fOdd S. Lovoll 205 $aRev. ed. 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press, published in cooperation with the Norwegian-American Historical Association$dc1999 215 $a1 online resource (394 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-3350-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 351-364) and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; 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 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aNorwegian Americans$xHistory 606 $aNorwegians$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aNorwegian Americans$xHistory. 615 0$aNorwegians$xHistory. 676 $a973.0043982 676 $a973/.043982 700 $aLovoll$b Odd Sverre$01483790 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784499603321 996 $aThe promise of America$93864513 997 $aUNINA