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- Finns in the United States: A History of Settlement, Dissent, and Integration
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- 2014
- Published by: Michigan State University Press
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- Part 1. Introduction
- Part 2. Colonial Settlement of the Swedes and Finns
- Part 3. Seamen, Masses, and Individual Migrants of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
- Part 4. Finnish Communities Organized
- Fighting for Temperance Ideas
- pp. 91-106
- Politics of the Left and the Right
- pp. 131-156
- Part 5. The Multitude of Cultural Life
- Finnish Identity in Immigrant Culture
- pp. 173-204
- Papers and Publications
- pp. 205-218
- Part 6. Finland’s Minority Emigrants
- Finland-Swedes in North America
- pp. 221-240
- Part 7. Connected to Finland
- Deported Finns
- pp. 273-282
- Part 8. Acculturation and Generations
- Part 9. Turning to Americans
- Adjustment and the Future
- pp. 319-326
- For Further Reference
- pp. 327-332
- Contributors
- pp. 333-334
Additional Information
ISBN
9781609173982
Related ISBN(s)
9781611861068, 9781628950205, 9781628960204
MARC Record
OCLC
874178532
Pages
352
Launched on MUSE
2014-07-29
Language
English
Open Access
No