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“dag blanck”

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  • Swedish-American Borderlands

    New Histories of Transatlantic Relations

    Edited by Dag Blanck, Adam Hjorthén ...
    Reframing Swedish–American relations by focusing on contacts, crossings, and convergences beyond migrationStudies of Swedish American history and identity have largely been confined to separate disciplines, such as history, literature, or politics. In Swedish–American Borderlands, this collection edited by Dag Blanck and Adam Hjorthén seeks to reconceptualize and redefine the field of Swedish ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Norwegians and Swedes in the United States

    Friends and Neighbors

    Edited by Philip J. Anderson, Dag Blanck ...
    To early American immigrants, nineteenth-century newcomers from the Scandinavian peninsula likely seemed all of a type. to immigrants hailing from Norway and Sweden, however, differences in language, culture, and religion sorted them into distinct groupings: not Scandinavian, but Norwegian or Swedish—and proud of their lineage.How did these differences affect relationships in the new world? In ... Read more

    $19.79 CAD

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  • The A to Z of Norway

    by Jan Sjåvik ...
    Series series The A to Z Guide Series
    One of the smallest countries in Europe, Norway has created for itself a position in the world community, which is completely out of proportion to the size of its population. Originally the home of sub-Arctic hunters and gatherers, then of ferocious Vikings, it lost perhaps half of its population to the Black Death in 1349, ended up in a union with Denmark that lasted until 1814, and then became ... Read more

    $62.29 CAD

  • Norwegian American Women

    Migration, Communities, and Identities

    Edited by Betty A. Bergland, Lori Ann Lahlum ...
    The history of Norwegian settlement in the United States has often been told through the eyes of prominent men, while the women are imagined in the form of O. E. Rølvaag's fictionalized heroine Beret Holm, who made the best of life on the frontier but whose gaze seemed ever fixed on her long-lost home. The true picture is more complex. In an area spanning the Midwest and rural West and urban areas ... Read more

    $19.79 CAD

  • Finns in Minnesota

    by Arnold Alanen ...
    Series series People of Minnesota
    The first Finnish immigrants arrived in Red Wing in 1864, the vanguard of thousands who eventually and resolutely placed Minnesota second among the states in terms of Finnish population. Today we may recognize Minnesota's "Finnishness" in the popular sauna, in the characteristic tenacity known as sisu, or in place names and cultural markers that link to homeland. The newest contribution to the ... Read more

    $14.29 CAD

  • Norwegians on the Prairie

    Ethnicity and the Development of the Country Town

    by Odd S. Lovoll ...
    Against the broad backdrop of the expanding western frontier, noted Norwegian American scholar Odd S. Lovoll explores the country town through the lens of ethnicity in this pioneering study. Benson, Madison, and Starbuck, all located on the western Minnesota prairie, were settled primarily by Norwegians and served as urban centers—railroad hubs, destinations for trade, and social nexuses—for the ... Read more

    $19.79 CAD

  • Norwegian Newspapers in America

    Connecting Norway and the New Land

    by Odd S. Lovoll ...
    In the nineteenth century, the United States, "the land of newspapers," was also fast becoming the land of immigrants, with increasing numbers of Norwegians arriving amid the European influx. Already Skandinaven, published out of Chicago, kept newcomers and their Old World friends and family informed of political, religious, and social matters discussed in burgeoning Norwegian American communities ... Read more

    $19.79 CAD

  • I Go to America

    Swedish American Women and the Life of Mina Anderson

    by Joy K. Lintelman ...
    Winner of the Minnesota Book Award for NonfictionNear the end of her life, Mina Anderson penned a lively memoir that helped Swedish novelist Vilhelm Moberg create "Kristina," the central female character of his beloved emigrant novels, a woman who constantly yearns for her homeland. But Mina's story was quite different.Showcasing her previously untranslated memoir, I Go To America traces Mina's ... Read more

    $18.69 CAD

  • Lake Superior's Historic North Shore

    A Guided Tour

    by Deborah Morse-Kahn ...
    Lake Superior's North Shore—the vast stretch between Duluth and Grand Portage—is nearly 150 miles long, with an abundance of state parks, state and national forests, streams and rivers, and more than thirty distinct communities representing a broad range of ethnic and religious groups. Many visitors have made the famous drive along scenic Highway 61, the central artery of this popular vacation ... Read more

    $16.49 CAD

  • Historic Hoosier Gyms

    Discovering Bygone Basketball Landmarks

    by Kyle Neddenriep ...
    Series series Sports
    Kick snow from your shoes and step into the warmth of the old Hoosier high school basketball gym, where farmers in overalls line the court and students heckle referees from planks above the bleachers. Revisit a unique era when nearly every town had a high school and its own basketball team. The gyms featured here no longer host high school games, but once they were home to the Ladoga Canners, the ... Read more

    $17.91 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Psychiatry in Indiana

    The First 175 Years

    by Elizabeth S. Bowman M.D., Philip M. Coons M.D. ...
    In Psychiatry in Indiana: The First 175 Years, authors Philip M. Coons, M.D., and Elizabeth S. Bowman, M.D., paint a fascinating, compelling, and vibrant portrait of the history of psychiatry in Indiana from its beginnings when Indiana was a territory up through present day, relying on meticulous research and personal anecdotes from former psychiatric employees of Indianas mental health facilities ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • Danes in Wisconsin

    Revised and Expanded Edition

    by Frederick Hale ...
    Series series People of Wisconsin
    Wisconsin Territory's first Dane arrived in 1829, and by 1860 the state's Danish-born population had reached 1,150. Yet these newcomers remained only a small segment of Wisconsin's increasingly complex cultural mosaic, and the challenges of adapting to life in this new land shaped the Danish experience in the state. In this popular book, now revised and expanded with additional historical photos ... Read more

    $6.19 CAD