Norwegian Migration to America: The American Transition

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The following is the table of contents from “Norwegian Migration to America: The American Transition.”

• Preface (pp. vii-viii)
• From Old World to New (pp. 3-36)
• Frontier Ordeal (pp. 37-68)
• Language and Immigrant Transition (pp. 69-99)
• The Religious Impulse and the American Churches (pp. 100-130)
• The Emerging Church (pp. 131-174)
• Aspects of Everyday Life (pp. 175-206)
• Pioneer Folkways (pp. 207-240)
• The Immigrant and the Common School (pp. 241-276)
• Launching an Immigrant Press (pp. 277-299)
• The Press and Immigrant Life (pp. 300-330)
• New World Sailors (pp. 331-356)
• Canadian Interlude (pp. 357-382)
• The Era of the Civil War (pp. 383-417)
• The Slavery Controversy and the Church (pp. 418-453)
• People in Dispersion (pp. 454-479)
• Changing Frontiers (pp. 480-516)
• The Problem of Higher Education (pp. 517-542)
• Frontiers of Culture (pp. 543-598)
• Appendix: John Quincy Adams and the Sloop “Restoration” (pp. 599-630)
• Index (pp. 631-655)