From Peasants to Farmers
Author | : Jon Gjerde |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1989-01-27 |
ISBN-10 | : 0521368227 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780521368223 |
Rating | : 4/5 (223 Downloads) |
Download or read book From Peasants to Farmers written by Jon Gjerde and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989-01-27 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.