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In search of a home : nineteenth-century Wendish immigration / George R. Nielsen. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nielsen, George R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sorbs--Australia--History.
- Sorbs.
- Sorbs--Texas--History.
- Australia--Ethnic relations.
- Australia.
- Texas--Ethnic relations.
- Texas.
- Sorbs--History--Australia.
- Sorbs--History--Texas.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 213 p. ) ill. ;
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A & M University Press, c1989.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Describes the extensive emigration of the small Slavic group the Wends, also known as the Sorbs, from Germany to Australia, Texas, and other scattered areas of the world; examines why they left Europe; and describes the communities they developed in their new home countries.
- Notes:
- "An earlier version of this book was published as In search of a home : the Wends (Sorbs) on the Australian and Texas frontier (Birmingham University, 1977)"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-206)
- ISBN:
- 0-585-17446-6
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