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Book Cornish in Michigan

    Book Details:
  • Author : Russell M. Magnaghi
  • Publisher : Discovering the Peoples of Mic
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 116 pages

Download or read book Cornish in Michigan written by Russell M. Magnaghi and published by Discovering the Peoples of Mic. This book was released on 2007 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several ethnic groups have come to Michigan from the British Isles. Each group of immigrants from this region--the Cornish, English, Irish, and Welsh--has played a significant role in American history. Historic records show that some early nineteenth-century Cornish immigrants were farmers and settled in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. However, the majority of early Cornish immigrants were miners, and much of their influence was felt in the Upper Peninsula of the state. Many of the underground miners from Cornwall got their start in this region before they migrated to other mining regions throughout the United States. Hard-working families came from throughout the peninsula of Cornwall, bringing their history, recipes, songs, religions, and other traditions to Michigan's northern mining country. This nineteenth-century migration brought them to new homes in Keweenaw County, Houghton County, Copper Harbor, Eagle Harbor, and Presque Isle. In the 1830s, newly arrived immigrants also settled in the lower parts of Michigan, in Macomb, Washtenaw, Lenawee, and Oakland counties. The automobile boom of the 1920s sent many of these immigrants and their children to Metro Detroit from the Upper Peninsula, where their traditions are perpetuated today.

Book Cornish Immigrants in Marquette County

Download or read book Cornish Immigrants in Marquette County written by Joelle Johns and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper describes the lives of Cornish Americans in Marquette County, Michigan.

Book Danes and Icelanders in Michigan

Download or read book Danes and Icelanders in Michigan written by Howard L. Nicholson and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immigration of Danes and Icelanders to Michigan began in the 1850s and continued well into the twentieth century. Beginning with their origins, this book takes a detailed look at their arrival and settlement in Michigan, answering some key questions: What brought Danes and Icelanders to Michigan? What challenges did they face? How did they adjust and survive here? Where did they settle? What kind of lasting impact have they had on Michigan’s economic and cultural landscape? Extensively researched, this book examines the public and private lives of Danish and Icelandic immigrants in Michigan, drawing from both individual and institutional histories. Shedding new light on the livelihood, traditions, religion, social life, civic organizations, and mutual benefit societies, this thorough, insightful book highlights a small but important population within Michigan’s borders.

Book French in Michigan

    Book Details:
  • Author : Russell M. Magnaghi
  • Publisher : MSU Press
  • Release : 2016-03-01
  • ISBN : 1628952598
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book French in Michigan written by Russell M. Magnaghi and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compared to other nationalities, few French have immigrated to the United States, and the state of Michigan is no exception in that regard. Although the French came in small numbers, those who did settle in or pass through Michigan played important roles as either permanent residents or visitors. The colonial French served as explorers, soldiers, missionaries, fur traders, and colonists. Later, French priests and nuns were influential in promoting Catholicism in the state and in developing schools and hospitals. Father Gabriel Richard fled the violence of the French Revolution and became a prominent and influential citizen of the state as a U.S. Congressman and one of the founders of the University of Michigan. French observers of Michigan life included Alexis de Tocqueville. French entrepreneurs opened copper mines and a variety of service-oriented businesses. Louis Fasquelle became the first foreign-language instructor at the University of Michigan, and François A. Artault introduced photography to the Upper Peninsula. As pioneers of the early automobile, the French made a major contribution to the language used in auto manufacturing.

Book The Cornish in America

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alfred Leslie Rowse
  • Publisher : London : Macmillan
  • Release : 1969
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 472 pages

Download or read book The Cornish in America written by Alfred Leslie Rowse and published by London : Macmillan. This book was released on 1969 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Italians in Michigan

Download or read book Italians in Michigan written by Russell M. Magnaghi and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2001-09-30 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than 350 years, Italian immigrants have played important roles in the opening and development of the land that is now Michigan, from their participation in the French fur trade up to the present day. Through an emphasis on the family as the essential institution in ethnic group success, Russell M. Magnaghi celebrates the accomplishments of Michigan's famous and not-so-famous Italian sons and daughters as he documents their struggles and achievements. Through the tenacity and hard work of the immigrants and their descendants, Italians in Michigan have progressed from unskilled laborers to some of the highest positions in business, politics, culture, and education.

Book The Goard Family of the Michigan Copper Country

Download or read book The Goard Family of the Michigan Copper Country written by Howard Chynoweth and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Typescript.

Book The Cornish Overseas

Download or read book The Cornish Overseas written by and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2005 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the migration of the Cornish people throughout the world is an epic. Payton is one of the world's leading scholars of the movement of Cornish people over time, both within the UK and to the major mining and agricultural districts of the world. This book follows new research over the last six years.

Book Cornish Mining in the Upper Peninsula

Download or read book Cornish Mining in the Upper Peninsula written by Andrew Fringer and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper describes the role that Cornish Americans played in the mining industry in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Book Michigan

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  • Author : Willis F. Dunbar
  • Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
  • Release : 1995-09-05
  • ISBN : 9780802870551
  • Pages : 788 pages

Download or read book Michigan written by Willis F. Dunbar and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1995-09-05 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This standard textbook on Michigan history covers the entire scope of the Wolverine State's historical record. This third revised edition incorporates events since 1980 and draws on new studies to expand and improve its coverage of various ethnic groups, recent political developments, labor and business, and many other topics.

Book Performing Unification

Download or read book Performing Unification written by Matt Cornish and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the moment after the fall of the Berlin Wall, important German theater artists have created plays and productions about unification. Some have challenged how German history is written, while others opposed the very act of storytelling. Performing Unification examines how directors, playwrights, and theater groups including Heiner Müller, Frank Castorf, and Rimini Protokoll have represented and misrepresented the past, confronting their nation’s history and collective identity. Matt Cornish surveys German-language history plays from the Baroque period through the documentary theater movement of the 1960s to show how German identity has always been contested, then turns to performances of unification after 1989. Cornish argues that theater, in its structures and its live gestures, on pages, stages, and streets, helps us to understand the past and its effect on us, our relationships with others in our communities, and our futures. Engaging with theater theory from Aristotle through Bertolt Brecht and Hans-Thies Lehmann’s “postdramatic” theater, and with theories of history from Hegel to Walter Benjamin and Hayden White, Performing Unification demonstrates that historiography and dramaturgy are intertwined.

Book The Cornish Miner in America

Download or read book The Cornish Miner in America written by Arthur Cecil Todd and published by Arthur H. Clark Company. This book was released on 1967 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Long Winter Ends

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  • Author : Newton G. Thomas
  • Publisher : Wayne State University Press
  • Release : 2012-01-01
  • ISBN : 0814335861
  • Pages : 378 pages

Download or read book The Long Winter Ends written by Newton G. Thomas and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an introduction providing information about the cultural history of the Cornish, this narrative traces the Cornish emigrant experience from the failure of the mines in Cornwall, their hopes to preserve Cornish traditions in America, and then finally the acceptance of a future in America.

Book Michigan

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  • Author :
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2014-01-09
  • ISBN : 1118649753
  • Pages : 375 pages

Download or read book Michigan written by and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-01-09 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifth edition of Michigan: A History of the GreatLakes State presents an update of the best college-level surveyof Michigan history, covering the pre-Columbian period to thepresent. Represents the best-selling survey history of Michigan Includes updates and enhancements reflecting the latesthistoric scholarship, along with the new chapter ‘ReinventingMichigan’ Expanded coverage includes the socio-economic impact of tribalcasino gaming on Michigan’s Native American population;environmental, agricultural, and educational issues; recentdevelopments in the Jimmy Hoffa mystery, and collegiate andprofessional sports Delivered in an accessible narrative style that is entertainingas well as informative, with ample illustrations, photos, andmaps Now available in digital formats as well as print