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Author: Auvo Kostiainen Publisher: MSU Press ISBN: 162895020X Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 418
Book Description
Late-arriving immigrants during the Great Migration, Finns were, comparatively speaking, a relatively small immigrant group, with about 350,000 immigrants arriving prior to World War II. Nevertheless, because of their geographic concentration in the Upper Midwest in particular, their impact was pronounced. They differed from many other new immigrant groups in a number of ways, including the fact that theirs is not an Indo-European language, and many old-country cultural and social features reflect their geographic location in Europe, at the juncture of East and West. A fresh and up-to-date analysis of Finnish Americans, this insightful volume lays the groundwork for exploring this unique culture through a historical context, followed by an overview of the overall composition and settlement patterns of these newcomers. The authors investigate the vivid ethnic organizations Finns created, as well as the cultural life they sought to preserve and enhance while fitting into their new homeland. Also explored are the complex dimensions of Finnish-American political and religious life, as well as the exodus of many radical leftists to Soviet Karelia in the 1930s. Through the lens of multiculturalism, transnationalism, and whiteness studies, the authors of this volume present a rich portrait of this distinctive group.
Author: Eloise Katherine Engle Publisher: ISBN: Category : Finnish Americans Languages : en Pages : 110
Book Description
A survey of Finnish immigration to America including their reasons for leaving their homeland, adjustment problems here, and their contributions to almost every aspect of American life.
Author: Eloise Paananen Publisher: Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Company ISBN: 9780822510277 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 110
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A survey of Finnish immigration to America including their reasons for leaving their homeland, adjustment problems here, and their contributions to almost every aspect of American life.
Author: Arthur William Hoglund Publisher: Madison : University of Wisconsin P. ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 250
Book Description
"In this study I deal with the Finnish immigrants in those areas of thought and action which were most important in the lives of any immigrant group. I emphasize especially their many organizations which pursued different ideals and aspirations for a better and happier life. At the same time I try to show how their heritage from Finland was reshaped in America." -- P. v.
Author: Armas K. E. Holmio Publisher: Wayne State University Press ISBN: 0814340008 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 546
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Michigan's Upper Peninsula was a major destination for Finns during the peak years of migration in the nineteenth century and the early decades of the twentieth century. Several Upper Peninsula communities had large Finnish populations and Finnish churches, lodges, cooperative stores, and temperance societies. Ishpeming and Hancock, especially, were important nationally as Finnish cultural centers. Originally published in Finnish in 1967 by Armas K. E. Holmio, History of the Finns in Michigan, translated into English by Ellen M. Ryynanen, brings the story of the contribution of Finnish immigrants into the mainstream of Michigan history. Holmio combines firsthand experience and personal contact with the first generation of Finnish immigrants with research in Finnish-language sources to create an important and compelling story of an immigrant group and its role in the development of Michigan.