Scandinavian and Other Immigrants in Urban America

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This book contains the proceedings of a research conference held at St. Olaf College in October, 1984. The contributors to the conference, each recognized in the field of Scandinavian-American historiography, discussed Scandinavian-American patterns of settlement and employment in America’s great cities, the participation of Scandinavian immigrants in civic life, and their cultural and social activity.

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The following is the table of contents from “Scandinavian and Other Immigrants in Urban America.”

  • Keynote Address: The Mobilization of Immigrants in Urban America by John Higham (pp. 1)
  • The Urban Frontier: Settlement and Employment (pp. 31)
  • Ethnicity and Community in the Sixth Ward of Minneapolis in 1910 by Byron J. Nordstrom (pp. 33)
  • Sailor, Sawyer, Laborer, Lawyer: Occupations of Nordic Immigrants in Seattle and Ballard, 1892 and 1900 by Patsy Adams Hegstad (pp. 55)
  • Macro and Micro Ecological Factors in the Founding and Evolution of an Urban Norwegian Immigrant Community by Christen T. Jonassen (pp. 75)
  • The Political Immigrant (pp. 91)
  • Profile of a Ward Boss: The Political Career of Lars M. Rand by Carl H. Chrislock (pp. 93)
  • The Reemergence of a Misunderstood Radical: Marcus Thrane’s Norske Amerikaner by Terje I. Leiren (pp. 111)
  • Swedish-American Identity: A Dilemma Resolved, 1850-1900 by Victor Greene (pp. 123)
  • Commentary by A. William Hoglund (pp. 141)
  • The Cultural And Social Environment Of The Urban Immigrant (pp. 147)
  • The Urban Scene in Norwegian-American Literature by Lloyd Hustvedt (pp. 149)
  • The Rise and Fall of Pan-Scandinavianism in Urban America by John R. Jenswold (pp. 159)
  • The Urbanization of Immigrant Peasants: Can Music Help? By J. R. Christianson (pp. 171)
  • Commentary by Kathleen Neils Conzen (pp. 189)
  • Commentary on the Conference by H. Arnold Barton (pp. 197)
  • Summary of the Concluding Panel Discussion by H. Arnold Barton (pp. 207)