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Vikings across the Atlantic : emigration and the building of a greater Norway, 1860-1945
- Author
- Olson, Daron.
- Title
- Vikings across the Atlantic : emigration and the building of a greater Norway, 1860-1945 / Daron W. Olson.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, c2013.
- Description
- xxi, 296 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
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- Introduction : Mythmaking and identity
- Creating home : the roots of Norwegian emigration
- Belonging to the nation : origin myths and the argument to be American, 1860/1890
- Modern Vikings : the challenge to Anglo-American superiority, 1890/1917
- Backlash : xenophobia and the pressure to assimilate, 1917/1929
- A shared homeland : celebrating Norwegian identity across the Atlantic, 1929/1945
- Conclusion : Building a greater Norway.
- Subject headings
- Norwegian Americans--History. Norwegian Americans--Ethnic identity. Norwegians--United States. Norway--Emigration and immigration.
- ISBN
- 9780816651412 (acid-free paper) 0816651418 (acid-free paper) 9780816651429 (acid-free paper) 0816651426 (acid-free paper)