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1 online resource (x, 86 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Discovering the peoples of Michigan |
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Discovering the peoples of Michigan.
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Denmark -- Sweden -- Norway -- Conclusions -- Sidebars: The Danish Sisterhood of America ; The Danish festival in Greenville ; Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg : from Ishpeming to the world ; Norwegian skiing in Michigan ; Icelanders in Michigan -- Appendices: Official Scandinavian representation in Michigan ; Scandinavian-American civic and cultural organizations in Michigan ; Scandinavian place names in Michigan ; Scandinavian newspapers in Michigan ; Scandinavian-American cooking ; Scandinavian-American folk humor |
| Summary |
The Scandinavian countries, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, are commonly grouped together by their close historic, linguistic, and cultural ties. Their age-old bonds continued to flourish both during and after the period of mass immigration to the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Scandinavians felt comfortable with each other, a feeling forged through centuries of familiarity, and they usually chose to live in close proximity in communities throughout the Upper Midwest of the United States. Beginning in the middle of the nineteenth century and continuing until t |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-84) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Scandinavian Americans -- Michigan -- History
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Scandinavian Americans -- Michigan -- Social conditions
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Scandinavian Americans -- Michigan -- Social life and customs
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Immigrants -- Michigan -- History
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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Ethnic relations
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Immigrants
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Manners and customs
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Scandinavian Americans
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Scandinavian Americans -- Social conditions
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Scandinavian Americans -- Social life and customs
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Social conditions
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Michigan -- Ethnic relations
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Michigan -- Social conditions
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Michigan -- Social life and customs
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Michigan
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781609170448 |
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160917044X |
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9781628951110 |
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1628951117 |
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9781628961119 |
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1628961112 |
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