From Peasants to Farmers

The Migration from Balestrand, Norway, to the Upper Middle West

AvJon Gjerde,Robert Fogel

Häftad, Engelska, 1989

Del i serien Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History

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Beskrivning

This book examines a trans-Atlantic chain migration from a Norwegian fjord district to settlements in the nineteenth-century rural Upper Middle West and considers the social and economic conditions experienced in Europe as well as the immigrants' cultural adaptations to America.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1989-01-27
Mått:152 x 228 x 17 mm
Vikt:517 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History
Antal sidor:336
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521368223

Utforska kategorier

Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Recensioner i media

'Gjerde delivers a well-conceived, clearly formulated, and thoroughly researched scholarly investigation. This book is an important contribution to our knowledge and understanding of the translantic cultural impulses produced by the mass migration of the last century.' The American Historical Review