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PublisherMichigan STATE University Press

ISBN-100870138782

ISBN-139780870138782

eBay Product ID (ePID)80547890

Product Key Features

Book TitleNorwegians in Michigan

Number of Pages158 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicUnited States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), Customs & Traditions

Publication Year2009

GenreSocial Science, History

AuthorClifford Davidson

Book SeriesDiscovering the Peoples of Michigan Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight7.1 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2009-031722

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal977.4/0043982

SynopsisIn Norwegians in Michigan , Clifford Davidson shows how Norwegians took advantage of opportunities when they began settling in Michigan in the nineteenth century. Norwegians sailed Lake Michigan, joined the lumber trade, farmed the northwest part of the state, and mined copper and iron in the Upper Peninsula. At the same time, they brought a unique culture that came to be associated with Michigan and the Midwest. The first generations of Norwegians in Michigan maintained close cultural ties with their homeland. Some Norwegian immigrants adjusted to life in a new land more quickly than others. Among these, according to Davidson, were engineers trained in Norway who developed Michigan's bridges, tunnels, and eventually even the cars that used them. Illustrated with photographs, maps, and documents, Norwegians in Michigan vividly chronicles a now-familiar pattern of immigrants' cultural understandings prodding and shaping the culture of an emerging region and nation., In Norwegians in Michigan , Clifford Davidson shows how Norwegians took advantage of opportunities when they began settling in Michigan in the nineteenth century. Illustrated with photographs, maps, and documents, Norwegians in Michigan vividly chronicles a now-familiar pattern of immigrants' cultural understandings prodding and shaping the culture of an emerging region and nation.

LC Classification NumberF575.S2D38 2010