The Cultural Heritage Of The Swedish Immigrant
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The Cultural Heritage Of The Swedish Immigrant
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Author : Oscar Fritiof Ander
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
The Cultural Heritage Of The Swedish Immigrant written by Oscar Fritiof Ander and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Reference categories.
The Cultural Heritage Of The Swedish Immigrant
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Author : O. Fritiof Ander
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-11-19
The Cultural Heritage Of The Swedish Immigrant written by O. Fritiof Ander and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-19 with Reference categories.
Excerpt from The Cultural Heritage of the Swedish Immigrant: Selected References Miss Drusilla Erickson, periodicals librarian, for verifying many periodical entries, and to Dr. Lucien White, head librarian, for helpful guidance as to bibliographical style. Few scholarly tasks are more demanding and exacting graphical work. Yet it seems as if no amount of precaution and effort will insure the elimination of errors, and for these the compiler alone is responsible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Swedes In The Twin Cities
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Author : Philip J. Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Release Date : 2001
Swedes In The Twin Cities written by Philip J. Anderson and has been published by Minnesota Historical Society Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
A collection of essays by scholars from both the United States and Sweden investigate various facets of Swedish life and culture in the Twin Cities.
Swedish Exodus
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Author : Lars Ljungmark
language : en
Publisher: SIU Press
Release Date : 1996-04-01
Swedish Exodus written by Lars Ljungmark and has been published by SIU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-04-01 with Social Science categories.
"America fever" gripped Sweden in the middle of the nineteenth century, seethed to a peak in 1910, when one-fifth of the world’s Swedes lived in America, cooled during World War I, and chilled to dead ash with the advent of the Great Depression in 1930. Swedish Exodus, the first English translation and revision of Lars Ljungmark’s Den Stora Utvandringen, recounts more than a century of Swedish emigration, concentrating on such questions as who came to America, how the character of the emigrants changed with each new wave of emigration, what these people did when they reached their adopted country, and how they gradually became Americanized. Ljungmark’s essential challenge was to capture in a factual account the broad sweep of emigration history. But often he narrows his focus to look closely at those who took part in this mass migration. Through historical records and personal letters, Ljungmark brings many of these people back to life. One young woman, for example, loved her parents, but loved America more: "I never expect to speak to you in this life. . . . Your loving daughter unto death." Like most immigrants, she never expected to return. Another immigrant wrote back seeking a wife: "I wonder how you have it and if you are living. . . . Are you married or unmarried? If you are unmarried, you can have a good home with me." Ljungmark also focuses closely on some of the leaders: Peter Cassel, a liberal temperance supporter and free-church leader whose community in America prospered; Hans Mattson, a colonel in the Civil War and founder of a colony in Minnesota; Erik Jansson, a book burner, self-proclaimed messiah, and founder of the Bishop Hill Colony; Gustaf Unonius, a student idealist and founder of a Wisconsin colony that faltered. The story of Swedish immigrants in the United States is the story in miniature of the greatest mass migration in human history, that of thirty-five million Europeans who left their homes to come to America. It is a human story of interest not only to Swedes but to everyone.
Swedish Chicago
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Author : Anita Olson Gustafson
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2018-12-14
Swedish Chicago written by Anita Olson Gustafson and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-14 with History categories.
Between 1880 and 1920, emigration from Sweden to Chicago soared, and the city itself grew remarkably. During this time, the Swedish population in the city shifted from three centrally located ethnic enclaves to neighborhoods scattered throughout the city. As Swedes moved to new neighborhoods, the early enclave-based culture adapted to a progressively more dispersed pattern of Swedish settlement in Chicago and its suburbs. Swedish community life in the new neighborhoods flourished as immigrants built a variety of ethnic churches and created meaningful social affiliations, in the process forging a complex Swedish-American identity that combined their Swedish heritage with their new urban realities. Chicago influenced these Swedes' lives in profound ways, determining the types of jobs they would find, the variety of people they would encounter, and the locations of their neighborhoods. But these immigrants were creative people, and they in turn shaped their urban experience in ways that made sense to them. Swedes arriving in Chicago after 1880 benefited from the strong community created by their predecessors, but they did not hesitate to reshape that community and build new ethnic institutions to make their urban experience more meaningful and relevant. They did not leave Chicago untouched—they formed an expanding Swedish community in the city, making significant portions of Chicago Swedish. This engaging study will appeal to scholars and general readers interested in immigration and Swedish-American history.
Welcome Home Mr Swanson
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Author : Ann-Kristin Wallengren
language : en
Publisher: Nordic Academic Press
Release Date : 2014-01-10
Welcome Home Mr Swanson written by Ann-Kristin Wallengren and has been published by Nordic Academic Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-10 with Performing Arts categories.
Between 1840 and 1940, more than one million people emigrated from Sweden to America. The fact that so many chose to leave to seek a better life across the Atlantic was a major trauma for the Swedish nation. Filmmakers were not slow to pick up on an exodus that proved to be of lasting importance for the Swedes' national identity. In Welcome Home Mr Swanson, film studies scholar Ann-Kristin Wallengren analyzes the ways in which Swedish emigrants and Swedish-American returnees are depicted in Swedish film between 1910 and 1950, continuing on to recent films and television shows. Were Sweden's emigrants seen as national traitors or as brave trailblazers who might return home with modern ideas? Many of the Swedish films were distributed to the United States, and Wallengren discusses the notions of Sweden and Swedishness that circulated there as a result. She also considers the image of Swedish immigrant women in American films - a representation that bore little resemblance to the Swedes' idealized view. Wallengren shows how ideologies of nationality had a prominent place in the films' narratives, resulting in movies that project enduring perceptions of Swedish national identity and the American way of life.
The Swedish Americans
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Author : Allyson McGill
language : en
Publisher: Chelsea House
Release Date : 1987-11-01
The Swedish Americans written by Allyson McGill and has been published by Chelsea House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-11-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Discusses the history, culture, and religion of the Swedes, factors encouraging their emigration, and their acceptance as an ethnic group in North America.
Swedish American Life In Chicago
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Author : Philip J. Anderson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Swedish American Life In Chicago written by Philip J. Anderson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with History categories.
Papers originally presented at a conference held in Chicago in Oct. 1988, sponsored by the Swedish-American Historical Society, and other others.
Swedes In Minnesota
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Author : Anne Gillespie Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Release Date : 2009-06-30
Swedes In Minnesota written by Anne Gillespie Lewis and has been published by Minnesota Historical Society Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-30 with History categories.
A concise history of Swedes in Minnesota and the enormous influence that they have had on our state's politics, history, and culture.
Scandinavians In Michigan
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Author : Jeffrey W. Hancks
language : en
Publisher: MSU Press
Release Date : 2006-05-12
Scandinavians In Michigan written by Jeffrey W. Hancks and has been published by MSU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-05-12 with History categories.
The Scandinavian countries, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, are commonly grouped together by their close historic, linguistic, and cultural ties. Their age-old bonds continued to flourish both during and after the period of mass immigration to the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Scandinavians felt comfortable with each other, a feeling forged through centuries of familiarity, and they usually chose to live in close proximity in communities throughout the Upper Midwest of the United States. Beginning in the middle of the nineteenth century and continuing until the 1920s, hundreds of thousands left Scandinavia to begin life in the United States and Canada. Sweden had the greatest number of its citizens leave for the United States, with more than one million migrating between 1820 and 1920. Per capita, Norway was the country most affected by the exodus; more than 850,000 Norwegians sailed to America between 1820 and 1920. In fact, Norway ranks second only to Ireland in the percentage of its population leaving for the New World during the great European migration. Denmark was affected at a much lower rate, but it too lost more than 300,000 of its population to the promise of America. Once gone, the move was usually permanent; few returned to live in Scandinavia. Michigan was never the most popular destination for Scandinavian immigrants. As immigrants began arriving in the North American interior, they settled in areas to the west of Michigan, particularly in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, and North and South Dakota. Nevertheless, thousands pursued their American dream in the Great Lakes State. They settled in Detroit and played an important role in the city’s industrial boom and automotive industry. They settled in the Upper Peninsula and worked in the iron and copper mines. They settled in the northern Lower Peninsula and worked in the logging industry. Finally, they settled in the fertile areas of west Michigan and contributed to the state’s burgeoning agricultural sector. Today, a strong Scandinavian presence remains in town names like Amble, in Montcalm County, and Skandia, in Marquette County, and in local culinary delicacies like æbleskiver, in Greenville, and lutefisk, found in select grocery stores throughout the state at Christmastime.