From peasants to farmers
the migration from Balestrand, Norway to the upper Middle West
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Author
Publication
1985 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [Cambridgeshire, England
Language
English
Word Count
79,750 words, Guess
Page Count
319 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL2858747M
- Internet Archivefrompeasantstofa0000gjer
- ISBN-10052126068X
- ISBN-139780521260688
- Library of Congress Control Number84021428
and 2 more
- OCLC Control Number11235060
- Better World Books9780521260688
Classifications
- DDC304.8/77/0483
- LCCF358.2.S2 G54 1985
Description
This book "examines a transatlantic chain migration from Balestrand, a Norwegian fjord district, to its daughter settlements in the nineteenth-century rural Upper Middle West. The book considers the social and economic conditions in Europe prior to the emigration as well as the immigrants' cultural adaptations to the American environment."--Dust jacket.
First Sentence
The epic journey of the millions of people who crossed the Atlantic Ocean in the nineteenth century to settle in the Untied States has stirred the imagination of historians for decades.
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