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| Genre/Form: | Conference papers and proceedings History Congresses |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Conference publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Philip J Anderson; Dag Blanck |
| ISBN: | 0873513991 9780873513999 |
| OCLC Number: | 45320861 |
| Notes: | Based on papers from a conference held at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul, Oct. 17-20, 1996. |
| Description: | x, 367 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents: | Acknowledgements -- Introduction : Being Swedish American in the Twin Cities -- [section] 1. Aspects of urban settlement -- ch. 1. Immigrants and the Twin Cities : melting pot or mosaic? / Rudolph J. Vecoli -- ch. 2. Why Minnesota, why the Twin Cities? / H. Arnold Barton -- ch. 3. Swedish neighborhoods of the Twin Cities : from Swede Hollow to Arlington Hills, from Snoose Boulevard to Minnehaha Parkway / David A. Lanegran -- ch. 4. "Unfortunates" and "city guests" : Swedish American inmates and the Minneapolis City Workhouse, 1907 / Joy K. Lintelman -- ch. 5. Evelina Johansdotter, textile workers, and thee Munsingwear family : class, gender, and ethnicity in the political economy of Minnesota at the end of World War 1 / Lars Olson -- ch. 6 The northern neighbor : Winnipeg, the Swedish service station in the "last best west", 1890-1950 / Lars Ljungmark -- [section] 2. Institutional and creative life -- ch. 7. The Swedish Historical Society of America : the Minnesota years / Byron J. Nordstrom -- ch. 8. Swan Johan Turnblad and the founding of the American Swedish Institute / Nils William Olsson & Lawrence G. Hammerstrom -- ch. 10. Brothers whether dancing or dying : Minneapolis's Norden Society, 1871-198? / William C. Beyer -- ch. 10. Pictures from a new home : Minnesota's Swedish American artists / Mary Towley Swanson -- ch. 11. Performing ethnicity : the role of Swedish theatre in the Twin Cities / Anne-Charlotte Harvey -- ch. 12. Dania Hall : at the center of a Scandinavian American community / David Markle -- [section] 3. The language of immigrant experience -- ch. 13. Forskaren : a Swedish radical voice in Minneapolis, 1894-1924 / Michael Brook -- ch. 14. Svenska Amerikanska Posten : an immigrant newspaper with american accents / Ulf Jonas Björk -- ch. 15. Teaching Swedish in the public schools : cultural persistence in Minneapolis / Anita Olson Gustafson -- ch. 16. American Swedish revisited / Nils [Hasselmo] & Patricia Hasselmo -- ch. 17. Libraries, immigrants, and communities : perspectives on the Swedish immigrant experience in the Twin Cities, 1889-1917 / Kermit B. Westerberg -- [section] 4. Swedes in religion and politics -- ch. 18. As others saw them : Swedes and american religion in the Twin Cities / Mark A. Granquist -- ch. 19. Ethnicity and religion in the Twin Cities : community identity through gospel, music, and education / Scott E. Erickson -- ch. 20. David F. Swenson, evolution, and public education in Minnesota / Philip J. Anderson -- ch. 21. Swedish Americans and the 1918 gubernatorial campaign in Minnesota / Dag Blanck -- ch. 22. Gubernatorial politics and Swedish Americans in Minnesota : the 1970 election and beyond / Bruce L. Larson. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Philip J. Anderson and Dag Blanck. |
Abstract:
A collection of essays by scholars from both the United States and Sweden investigate various facets of Swedish life and culture in the Twin Cities.
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- Swedish Americans -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- History -- Congresses.
- Swedish Americans -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- History -- Congresses.
- Immigrants -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- History -- Congresses.
- Immigrants -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- History -- Congresses.
- City and town life -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Congresses.
- City and town life -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- Congresses.
- Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Ethnic relations -- Congresses.
- Saint Paul (Minn.) -- Ethnic relations -- Congresses.
- Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Social conditions -- Congresses.
- Saint Paul (Minn.) -- Social conditions -- Congresses.
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local.
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
- City and town life.
- Ethnic relations.
- Immigrants.
- Social conditions
- Swedish Americans.
- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
- Swedish Americans -- Minnesota.
- United States, Minnesota, Ramsey, Saint Paul -- Minorities.
- United States, Minnesota, Hennepin, Minneapolis -- Minorities.
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