From Peasants to Farmers - The Migration From Balestrand, Norway, to the Upper Middle West

Riassunto

This book examines a trans-Atlantic chain migration from a Norwegian fjord district to settlements in the nineteenth-century rural Upper Middle West and considers the social and economic conditions experienced in Europe as well as the immigrants' cultural adaptations to America.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jon Gjerde, Gjerde Jon, Gjerde Jon
• Con la collaborazione di: Robert Fogel (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 27.01.1989
• EAN: 9780521368223
• ISBN: 978-0-521-36822-3
• Pagine: 336
• Serie: Ipmh; Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Norway, HISTORY / United States / General, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, History of the Americas, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples