Scandinavians in Michigan / Jeffrey W. Hancks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hancks, Jeffrey W.

Series:

Discovering the peoples of Michigan.

Discovering the peoples of Michigan

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--Michigan--History.

Immigrants.

Scandinavian Americans--Michigan--History.

Scandinavian Americans.

Scandinavian Americans--Michigan--Social conditions.

Scandinavian Americans--Michigan--Social life and customs.

Michigan--Ethnic relations.

Michigan.

Michigan--Social conditions.

Michigan--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (97 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 t

Contents:

Denmark

Sweden

Norway

Conclusions

Sidebars: The Danish Sisterhood of America ; The Danish festival in Greenville ; Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg : from Ishpeming to the world ; Norwegian skiing in Michigan ; Icelanders in Michigan

Appendices: Official Scandinavian representation in Michigan ; Scandinavian-American civic and cultural organizations in Michigan ; Scandinavian place names in Michigan ; Scandinavian newspapers in Michigan ; Scandinavian-American cooking ; Scandinavian-American folk humor.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-84) and index.

ISBN:

1-60917-044-X

OCLC:

607910624