Umfang:
Online-Ressource (xviii, 225 p)
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ill., maps
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0816618593
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9780816618583
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0816618585
Inhalt:
Forming an engaging, colorful mosaic of voices from the immigrant experience, this collection of letters offers a unique perspective on historical events as well as the experience of everyday life
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents; Preface; Introduction; Sources of Letters and Photographs; 1. A Peripatetic Schoolteacher: Andreas Hjerpeland: 1871-1893; 2. A Single Woman in Illinois: Berta Serina Kingestad: 1885-1893; 3. An Urban Norwegian in the Red River Valley: Gunnar Høst: 1883-1905; 4. An Unhappy Immigrant Returns Home: Hans Øverland: 1887-1893; 5. A Family Moves to Wisconsin: Barbro Ramseth: 1888-1904; 6. Politics and Gold Mining on the West Coast: Hans Hansen and Sivert Øien: 1890--1913; 7. A Chicago Mother: Bergljot Anker Nilssen: 1923-1929; 8. A Brooklyn Builder: Christ Gundersen: 1908-1945; Maps
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Selected BibliographyIndex;
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780816618583
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe In Their Own Words : Letters from Norwegian Immigrants
Sprache:
Englisch
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