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Titolo: |
In their own words [[electronic resource] ] : letters from Norwegian immigrants / / edited, translated and introduced by Solveig Zempel
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Pubblicazione: | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press in cooperation with the Norwegian-American Historical Association, c1991 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (246 p.) |
Disciplina: | 305.83/982073/09034 |
973.043982 | |
Soggetto topico: | Norwegian Americans |
Norwegians - United States | |
Soggetto geografico: | Norway Emigration and immigration |
Altri autori: |
ZempelSolveig
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Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface; Introduction; Sources of Letters and Photographs; 1. A Peripatetic Schoolteacher: Andreas Hjerpeland: 1871-1893; 2. A Single Woman in Illinois: Berta Serina Kingestad: 1885-1893; 3. An Urban Norwegian in the Red River Valley: Gunnar Høst: 1883-1905; 4. An Unhappy Immigrant Returns Home: Hans Øverland: 1887-1893; 5. A Family Moves to Wisconsin: Barbro Ramseth: 1888-1904; 6. Politics and Gold Mining on the West Coast: Hans Hansen and Sivert Øien: 1890--1913; 7. A Chicago Mother: Bergljot Anker Nilssen: 1923-1929; 8. A Brooklyn Builder: Christ Gundersen: 1908-1945; Maps |
Selected BibliographyIndex | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Forming an engaging, colorful mosaic of voices from the immigrant experience, this collection of letters offers a unique perspective on historical events as well as the experience of everyday life. |
Titolo autorizzato: | In their own words ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-8166-8342-5 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910784486203321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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