The promise of America : a history of the Norwegian-American people / / Odd S. Lovoll
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| Autore: |
Lovoll Odd Sverre
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| Titolo: |
The promise of America : a history of the Norwegian-American people / / Odd S. Lovoll
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| Pubblicazione: | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, published in cooperation with the Norwegian-American Historical Association, c1999 |
| Edizione: | Rev. ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (394 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.0043982 |
| 973/.043982 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Norwegian Americans - History |
| Norwegians - United States - History | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The promise of America |
| ISBN: | 0-8166-9027-8 |
| 0-8166-5287-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910819556203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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