History and Archaeology, History, History of the Americas
From Peasants to Farmers: The Migration from Balestrand, Norway, to the Upper Middle West

From Peasants to Farmers: The Migration from Balestrand, Norway, to the Upper Middle West

Paperback Published on: 27/01/1989
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Synopsis

This book examines a trans-Atlantic chain migration from a Norwegian fjord district to settlements in the nineteenth-century rural Upper Middle West and considers the social and economic conditions experienced in Europe as well as the immigrants' cultural adaptations to America.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9780521368223
  • Number of pages: 336
  • Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 19 mm
  • Weight: 510g
  • Languages: English