The Promise of America - Revised Edition

The Promise of America

by Odd S. Lovoll

Over 300 pages - something about all the immigrants!

Contents

  • Preface
  • Introduction: Norway and Europe
  1. The Emigration
  2. A Norwegian-American Society Comes Into Being
  3. An Immigrant Community Develops
  4. The Immense Land
  5. The Spirit and the Mind
  6. The Press and Public Life
  7. Cultural Growth
  8. New Conquests -- Country and Town
  9. Norwegian America
  10. The Promise Fulfilled
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

Synopsis

The great migration of the nineteenth century radically expanded the area of Norwegian settlement, experience and influence. It was a movement of people that is unrivaled in Norwegian history, except perhaps for the explosive westward sweeps of conquest and exploration during the Viking Age. Norwegian immigrants to America were well aware of the similarities between their own wanderings and their ancestors' forays to the west, and they reassured the comparison. This book is dedicated to those who left.

Library of Congress Catalog Record

  • LC Control No.: 83027350
  • Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)
  • Personal Name: Lovoll, Odd Sverre.
  • Uniform Title: Løfterike landet.
  • English Main Title: The promise of America : a history of the Norwegian-American people / Odd S. Lovoll.
  • Published/Created: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press in cooperation with the Norwegian-American Historical Association, c1984.
  • Description: 239 p. : ill. ; 24 x 28 cm.
  • ISBN: 0816613311 : $35.00 0816613346 (pbk.) : $15.95
  • Notes: Translation of: Det løfterike landet. Includes index.
  • Bibliography: p. 223-228.
  • Subjects: Norwegian Americans --History.
  • LC Classification: E184.S2 L6913 1984
  • Dewey Class No.: 973/.043982 19
  • Geographic Area Code: n-us---
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