Icelanders in North America : the first settlers / Jonas Thor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jónas Þór, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Icelanders--North America--History.

Icelanders.

Iceland--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.

Iceland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 p.)

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg, Man. : University of Manitoba Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, thousands of Icelanders emigrated to both North and South America. Although the best known Icelandic settlements were in southern Manitoba, in the area that became known as ìNew Iceland,î Icelanders also established important settlements in Brazil, Minnesota, Utah, Wisconsin, Washington, Saskatchewan, and Nova Scotia. Earlier accounts of this immigration have tended to concentrate on the history of New Iceland.Using letters, Icelandic and English periodicals and newspapers, census reports, and archival repositories, Jonas Thor expands this view by looking at Icelandic immigration from a continent-wide perspective. Illustrated with maps and photographs, this book is a detailed social history of the Icelanders in North America, from the first settlement in Utah to the struggle in New Iceland.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

List of Maps and Photographs

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Nineteenth-Century Iceland: Early Migration

Migration to Milwaukee

The Mood in Milwaukee: Search for a US Settlement Site

Early Settlement Attempts in Canada

New Iceland: The First Year

New Iceland: Growing Population, Increasing Hardship

New Iceland: A Religious Controversy

New Iceland: On the Crossroads

Migration from New Iceland

Explorations in Dakota

The Winnipeg Icelanders

Manitoba Rural Settlements

Settlements in the Western Provinces

Assimilation and Icelandic Festivals

Conclusion

Constitution of New Iceland: Selected Articles and Sections

Endnotes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [288]-296) and index.

ISBN:

9786613090751

9781283090759

1283090759

9780887553257

0887553257

OCLC:

243614313