ISBN:
0773444025
,
9780773444027
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 102 p.. 30 p. of plates)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Dickson, Charles, 1936- Source book to Scandinavian history and institutions in America
DDC:
305.893/95073
Keywords:
Scandinavian Americans Sources History
;
Scandinavian Americans Directories
;
Scandinavian Americans Genealogy
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Ethnic Studies ; General
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
;
Scandinavian Americans
;
Directories
;
Genealogy
;
History
;
Sources
Abstract:
15 -- Old Main, Grand View College, Des Moines, Iowa16 -- Original Main Building, Dana College, Blair, Nebraska; 17 -- Old Main, Finlandia University; 18 -- Finnish American Heritage Society, Hancock, Michigan; 19 -- Icelandic Church, Seattle, Washington; 20 -- Boe Memorial Chapel, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota; 21 -- Old Swedes Church, Wilmington, Delaware; 22 -- Swedish Inscription of Main Building, North Park University, Chicago, Illinois; Chapter Six -- Prelude to Millennium: 1950-2000; Chapter Seven -- Scandinavian American Today; A Concluding Thought; Bibliography; Index.
Abstract:
4 -- Logo of St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota5 -- Logo of Scandinavian American Genealogical Society of Minnesota; 6 -- Rune Alphabet; 7 -- Danish Newspaper Luthersk Ugeblad Banner; 8 -- Masthead of Danish Newspaper Dannevirke, 1880, Vol. 1, No. 3; 9 -- Finnish Newspaper Kristillinen Kuukauslehti Banner; 10 -- Reykjavik Iceland Museum; 11 -- Old Main, Gustavus Aldophus St. Peter, Minnesota; 12 -- Advertisement for New Sweden, Maine; 13 -- Danish Instituion of Care, Brush, Colorado; 14 -- William Hillcourt, Danish-American author of the Boy Scout Handbook.
Abstract:
A SOURCE BOOK TO SCANDINAVIAN HISTORY AND INSTITUTIONS IN AMERICA: A Millennial Saga; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Scandinavian Resources; Chapter One -- The Viking Era: 986-1362; Chapter Two -- The Colonial Period: 1630-1799; Chapter Three -- Early to Mid-Nineteenth Century: 1800-1859; Chapter Four -- Mass Migration: 1860-1910; Chapter Five -- The End of Scandinavian Migration: 1911-1950; 1 -- A Viking Ship; 2 -- Interior of Typical Knarr; 3 -- Area of North American Viking settlement in 1003.
Abstract:
This work is an introduction to the saga of Scandinavian immigrants in America dating from the landing of Leif Ericsson to the present day institutions established by Scandinavian Americans. It also presents an outline of Scandinavian America today, including educational institutions and historical associations
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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