The promise of America : a history of the Norwegian-American people / Odd S. Lovoll.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lovoll, Odd S., 1934-

Standardized Title:

Løfterike landet. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Norwegian Americans--History.

Norwegian Americans.

Norwegians--United States--History.

Norwegians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (394 p.)

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, published in cooperation with the Norwegian-American Historical Association, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-364) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-9027-8

0-8166-5287-2

OCLC:

476096257