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Book Norwegian Migration to America

Download or read book Norwegian Migration to America written by Theodore Christian Blegen and published by Ardent Media. This book was released on 1940 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Companion volume to Norwegian Migration to America, 1825-1860. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Book Norwegian Migration to America

Download or read book Norwegian Migration to America written by Theodore Christian Blegen and published by Ardent Media. This book was released on 1931 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Norwegian Migration to America  1825 1860

Download or read book Norwegian Migration to America 1825 1860 written by Theodore Christian Blegen and published by Ayer Publishing. This book was released on 1931 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys Norwegian immigration during the nineteenth century, emphasizing the cultural background of the foreign-born residents and their contributions to the nation's heritage

Book Norwegian Migration to America  The American transition  I  From old world to new

Download or read book Norwegian Migration to America The American transition I From old world to new written by Theodore Christian Blegen and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Norwegian Migration to America

Download or read book Norwegian Migration to America written by Theodore Christian Blegen and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Theodore C  Blegen  Norwegian migration to America

Download or read book Theodore C Blegen Norwegian migration to America written by Ingrid Semmingsen and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Norway to America

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ingrid Semmingsen
  • Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
  • Release : 1978
  • ISBN : 9781452902432
  • Pages : 234 pages

Download or read book Norway to America written by Ingrid Semmingsen and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Promise of America

Download or read book The Promise of America written by Odd Sverre Lovoll and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book History of the Norwegian People in America

Download or read book History of the Norwegian People in America written by Olaf Morgan Norlie and published by Minneapolis, Minn. : Augsburg Publishing House. This book was released on 1925 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Background history of Norway, immigration, organizations and people in Norweigna-America.

Book Norwegian Migration to America  1825 1860  I  Introduction

Download or read book Norwegian Migration to America 1825 1860 I Introduction written by Theodore Christian Blegen and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Promise of America

    Book Details:
  • Author : Odd Sverre Lovoll
  • Publisher : University of Minnesota Press
  • Release : 1999
  • ISBN : 9780816633500
  • Pages : 382 pages

Download or read book The Promise of America written by Odd Sverre Lovoll and published by University of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Promise of America, historian Odd S. Lovoll tells the story of the thousands of Norwegian immigrants who gambled on a fresh start in the United States. Now, Lovoll has carefully revised this successful book to reflect new understandings of the Norwegian-American past, updating the story to today. Changes include additional photos, expanded treatment of the causes of migration, extensive details about the urban Norwegian-American experience, new information about immigrant fiction and reading societies, enriched discussions of Norwegians in the Civil War and the Socialist movement, and more.

Book Across the Deep Blue Sea

    Book Details:
  • Author : Odd Sverre Lovoll
  • Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society
  • Release : 2015-02
  • ISBN : 0873519728
  • Pages : 221 pages

Download or read book Across the Deep Blue Sea written by Odd Sverre Lovoll and published by Minnesota Historical Society. This book was released on 2015-02 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Across the Deep Blue Sea investigates a chapter in Norwegian immigration history that has never been fully told before. Odd S. Lovoll relates how Quebec, Montreal, and other port cities in Canada became the gateway for Norwegian emigrants to North America, replacing New York as the main destination from 1850 until the late 1860s. During those years, 94 percent of Norwegian emigrants landed in Canada. After the introduction of free trade, Norwegian sailing ships engaged in the lucrative timber trade between Canada and the British Isles. Ships carried timber one way across the Atlantic and emigrants on the way west. For the vast majority landing in Canadian port cities, Canada became a corridor to their final destinations in the Upper Midwest, primarily Wisconsin and Minnesota. Lovoll explains the establishment and failure of Norwegian colonies in Quebec Province and pays due attention to the tragic fate of the Gaspe settlement. A personal story of the emigrant experience passed down as family lore is retold here, supported by extensive research. The journey south and settlement in the Upper Midwest completes a highly human narrative of the travails, endurance, failures, and successes of people who sought a better life in a new land. Odd S. Lovoll, professor emeritus of history at St. Olaf College and recipient of the Fritt Ords Honnør for his work on Norwegian immigration, is the author of numerous books, including Norwegians on the Prairie and Norwegian Newspapers in America"--

Book Norwegian American Studies

Download or read book Norwegian American Studies written by Norwegian-American Historical Association and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Pictures of Longing

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sigrid Lien
  • Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
  • Release : 2018-12-21
  • ISBN : 1452957940
  • Pages : 762 pages

Download or read book Pictures of Longing written by Sigrid Lien and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haunting and revealing photographs sent home by Norwegian immigrants in America as visual document and collective expression of the emigrant experience Between 1836 and 1915, in what has been called history’s largest population migration, more than 750,000 Norwegians emigrated to North America. Writing home, the newcomers sent thousands of pictures—America–photographs, as they are called in Norway. In these photographs, the emigrant experience unfolds as framed by thousands of Norwegian transplants in towns, cities, and rural communities across America. Pictures of Longing brings more than 250 America–photographs into focus as a moving account of Norwegian migration in the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, conceived of and crafted by its photographer-authors to shape and reshape their story. To clarify the historic nature and the cultural function of the America-photographs, art historian and photography scholar Sigrid Lien located thousands of the photographs in public and private archives and museums in Norway and the United States. Reading these photographs alongside letters sent home by Norwegian immigrants, Lien provides the first comprehensive account of this collective photographic practice involving “the voice of the many.” Pictures of Longing shows, in fascinating detail, how the photographs, like the accompanying letters, contribute to the cultural grassroots expression of Norwegian migration. They steer us toward multiple, fragmented, and dispersed histories and also complement the existing fabric of established historical narratives, demonstrating photography’s potential to engage with history.

Book Norwegian Immigrant Contributions to America s Making

Download or read book Norwegian Immigrant Contributions to America s Making written by Harry Sundby-Hansen and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Norwegian Americans

Download or read book The Norwegian Americans written by Arlow William Andersen and published by Boston : Twayne Publishers. This book was released on 1975 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mmigration, churches, education, business, arts, professions, ideas and culture of Norwegian-Americans.

Book Norwegian Immigration in the United States

Download or read book Norwegian Immigration in the United States written by George Flom and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-06 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic text is a history of Norwegian Immigration to the United States in its very earliest years - specifically up until 1850. History of Norwegian Immigration to America: The Reasons for Norwegian Immigration to AmericaWhy did people want to leave Norway and why did they want to move to America? The Norwegian immigrants of the colonial period joined the Dutch seeking profit, opportunities for trade and a new life in America. Many of the later immigrants of the early 1800's sought religious freedom. However, the main reasons for the Norwegian Immigration to America in the mid 1800's were disasters such as crop failures, blights and poor harvests leading to poverty. The agricultural revolution caused unemployment and the financial need to seek a better life and employment due to the industrialization of America.History of Norwegian Immigration to America in the 1600's: Colonial America - New NetherlandDuring the Colonial era Norway were important diplomatic and trading allies of Holland. The Norwegians supplied the Dutch with the timber needed to build their ships. Due to these close alliances, a number of immigrants from Norway came across in Dutch ships and settled among the Dutch in New Netherland during the Colonial period. New Netherland covered areas of the Mid-Atlantic States, later known as New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Delaware. This was the first small and sporadic wave of Norwegian Immigration to America.History of Norwegian Immigration to America in the 1800's: The SloopersThe history of Norwegian Immigration to America reached a significant point in 1825 when the Restauration ship sailed from Stavenger with over 50 Quakers and Haugean reformists on board who wanted to leave the religious prosecution of the Lutheran state church in Norway. The trip was well planned and Cleng Peerson, who would later be called the 'Pioneer of Norse Emigration to America', visited America in 1821 to prepare for their arrival. The group was led by Lars Larsen Geilane and made the hazardous 14-week journey to America on the Restauration, an undersized sailing sloop which earned the group the name of the 'Sloopers'. They landed in New York on October 9, 1825, and were lauded for their bravery that many Americans saw as reminiscent of the Mayflower pilgrims. The Norwegian migrants first settled in Kendall, New York and in 1834 Cleng Peerson founded a second Norwegian settlement in the Fox River Valley of Illinois, which was aptly called 'Norway, Illinois'.History of Norwegian Immigration to America in the 1800's: The Potato BlightDuring the 1800's potatoes were the most important crop in Norway. The potato blight, responsible for the Irish Potato Famine (1845-1849), spread to Norway causing famine hunger and disease. It is estimated that 50,000 Norwegians died during this terrible time. Emigration to America was a means of escape but the passage was expensive. Some Norwegians obtained passage by signing contracts as indentured servants without pay up to 5 -7 years in return for free passage. By the end of the 1860s there were more than 40,000 Norwegians in the United States.History of Norwegian Immigration to America in the 1800's: Major Wave of Norwegian ImmigrationAfter the American Civil War (1861 to 1865) yet another terrible famine hit the countries of Scandinavia and brought the first major wave of Norwegian immigrants in its wake. The devastating Famine of 1866 - 1868 hit all the Scandinavian countries leaving potatoes and vegetables rotting in the fields of Norway. Norwegian Immigration to America soared as 110,896 people were forced to leave Norway between 1866 and 1873. (Much of this information obtained from the helpful website: http: //www.emmigration.info/norwegian-immigration-to-america.htm