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The promise of America : a history of the Norwegian-American people /
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 this story to t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press in cooperation with the Norwegian-American Historical Association,
©1984.
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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 this story to today. Changes for this edition include additional photographs, 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. |
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Translation of: Det løfterike landet. |
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239 pages : illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-228) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0816613311 9780816613311 0816613346 9780816613342 |