wyszukanych pozycji: 9
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Colonel Hans Christian Heg and the Norwegian American Experience
ISBN: 9781681342504 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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The Promise Fulfilled: A Portrait of Norwegian Americans Today
ISBN: 9780816628339 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "Odd Lovoll provides fascinating and important insights about the distinctive presence in American life of Norwegian immigrants and their ancestors. Then again, I might be biased." --Walter F. Mondale, Norwegian American and former U.S. Vice President
Continuing the story begun in the best-selling The Promise of America, prominent historian Odd S. Lovoll details where Norwegian Americans live and to what extent their dreams and expectations of life in the United States have been achieved. From traditional lutefisk dinners to civic activism, Lovoll uncovers the festive... "Odd Lovoll provides fascinating and important insights about the distinctive presence in American life of Norwegian immigrants and their ancestors... |
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Norwegian Newspapers in America: Connecting Norway and the New Land
ISBN: 9780873517720 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. 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.
From 1847 to today, more than 280 Norwegian-language papers were launched in cities ranging from Minneapolis to Fargo, Boston to Seattle. Some lasted just a few months; others continued... In the nineteenth century, the United States, "the land of newspapers," was also fast becoming the land of immigrants, with increasing numbers of Norw...
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Promise Fulfilled: A Portrait of Norwegian Americans Today
ISBN: 9780816628322 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "Published in cooperation with the Norwegian-American Historical Association."
"Published in cooperation with the Norwegian-American Historical Association."
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116,78 |
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Norwegians on the Prairie: Ethnicity and the Development of the Country Town
ISBN: 9780873516037 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. 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 farming communities that surround them. Lovoll's meticulous research into census data, careful reading of local newspapers, and extensive interviews with the descendants of Norwegian immigrants...
Against the broad backdrop of the expanding western frontier, noted Norwegian American scholar Odd S. Lovoll explores the country town through the len...
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95,10 |
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Across the Deep Blue Sea: The Saga of Early Norwegian Immigrants
ISBN: 9780873519618 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. 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... Across the Deep Blue Sea investigates a chapter in Norwegian immigration history that has never been fully told before. Odd S. Lovoll relates how Queb...
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Promise of America: A History of the Norwegian-American People
ISBN: 9780816633500 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. 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...
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...
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92,44 |
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Wisconsin My Home
ISBN: 9780299288747 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Wisconsin My Home is the story of Thurine Oleson, born in Wisconsin in 1866 to parents who had emigrated from Telemarken, Norway. This much-loved book was first published in 1950 when Thurine was a spry octogenarian. In it she not only vividly recalls the pioneer life of her childhood in a Norwegian American settlement, but also tells her parents' stories of their life in Norway and their reasons for emigration. This new edition restores the twenty-nine photographs that appeared in the original 1950 hardcover edition and includes an introduction by emigration historian Odd Lovell.
Wisconsin My Home is the story of Thurine Oleson, born in Wisconsin in 1866 to parents who had emigrated from Telemarken, Norway. This much-loved book...
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Sons of the Old Country
ISBN: 9780803259058 / Angielski / Miękka / 1984 / 255 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The University of Nebraska Press is utilizing Docutech technology to make some out-of-print books available again. All on-demand titles are produced in paperback editions with the complete textual contents of the original editions. Illustration quality may vary somewhat from the originals. These on-demand editions are sold on a non-returnable basis and are not eligible for trade discounts. They are available from the University of Nebraska Press and Ingram Book Company. For more information please contact the University of Nebraska Press.
The University of Nebraska Press is utilizing Docutech technology to make some out-of-print books available again. All on-demand titles are produced i...
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