Jon Gjerde
From Peasants to Farmers
Jon Gjerde · 1985
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This book "examines a transatlantic chain migration from Balestrand, a Norwegian fjord district, to its daughter settlements in the nineteenth-century rural Upper Middle West. The book considers the social and economic conditions in Europe prior to the emigration as well as the immigrants' cultural adaptations to the American environment."--Dust jacket.
First sentence: The epic journey of the millions of people who crossed the Atlantic Ocean in the nineteenth century to settle in the Untied States has stirred the imagination of historians for decades.
Book details
- Year
- 1985
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN
- 9780521368223
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