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The heart of the heartland : Norwegian American community in the Twin Cities / David C. Mauk.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Saint Paul : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2022]Description: ix, 461 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781681342368
  • 1681342367
Other title:
  • Norwegian American community in the Twin Cities
Subject(s):
Contents:
An Introductory Overview : Norwegian Immigration, Urbanization and Community in the Twin Cities, 1849-2020 -- Foundations of Urban Life : The Frontier-Pioneer Context in the River Towns and Their Rural Hinterlands, 1830s-1870s -- In the Aftermath : An Immigrant Subculture Takes Root in the River Boomtowns after the Civil and Dakota Wars, 1865-1880 -- Expansion's Golden Age : The Flowering of Norwegian Immigrant Culture in the Twin Cities, 1880-1905 -- Social Issues in Expansion's Golden Age, 1880s-1920s -- Community Transformations : Boom, Bust, and War, 1925-1945 -- One of the Twin Cities' Later-Generation Ethnic Groups during the Postwar Decades, 1945-1975 -- The Norwegian American Ancestry Group in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area, 1975-2000 -- A Glance Forward and Concluding Remarks, 2000-2020 -- Twin Cities History Project Interviews.
Summary: "From 1850 to 2020, Minnesota's urban Norwegian American community expanded and contracted, as did the complexity of its economic, political, and cultural activities in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region. In The Heart of the Heartland, personal interviews, demographic research, and archival exploration inform stories of assimilation, ascendancy, and collaboration among Minnesota's Norwegian Americans and their neighbors over the past 170 years. The resulting narrative traces not only Twin Cities business, industrial, neighborhood, and cultural histories but also the significant and varied roles Norwegian Americans have played in the region's development"-- Provided by publisher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

An in-depth look at the Norwegian American community ofMinneapolis-St. Paul and its deep and complex role in the economic, political,and cultural life of the Twin Cities over more than 170 years.

Since the earliest days of European settlement in theregion, tens of thousands of Norwegians have found their way to Minnesota. Manyearly arrivals settled in the cities, while others who initially chose thecountryside departed for urban settings after they had become accustomed to theways of their adopted home. The growing Twin Cities became home to Norwegianimmigrants and their migrating compatriots alike.

These Norwegian Americans took up employment in a range offields. They also assembled in churches and charitable organizations, carrying onhomeland traditions even as they took on prominent roles in the larger urbancommunity. Minnesotans of Norwegian descent in the twenty-first century may notspeak their ancestral tongue, but they lovingly uphold many cultural practicesof their ancestral home.

The Heart of the Heartland brings together personalinterviews, demographic research, and archival exploration to inform stories ofassimilation, ascendency, and collaboration among Minnesota's NorwegianAmericans and their neighbors over 170 years.

This book is a copublication with the Norwegian American Historical Association.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An Introductory Overview : Norwegian Immigration, Urbanization and Community in the Twin Cities, 1849-2020 -- Foundations of Urban Life : The Frontier-Pioneer Context in the River Towns and Their Rural Hinterlands, 1830s-1870s -- In the Aftermath : An Immigrant Subculture Takes Root in the River Boomtowns after the Civil and Dakota Wars, 1865-1880 -- Expansion's Golden Age : The Flowering of Norwegian Immigrant Culture in the Twin Cities, 1880-1905 -- Social Issues in Expansion's Golden Age, 1880s-1920s -- Community Transformations : Boom, Bust, and War, 1925-1945 -- One of the Twin Cities' Later-Generation Ethnic Groups during the Postwar Decades, 1945-1975 -- The Norwegian American Ancestry Group in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area, 1975-2000 -- A Glance Forward and Concluding Remarks, 2000-2020 -- Twin Cities History Project Interviews.

"From 1850 to 2020, Minnesota's urban Norwegian American community expanded and contracted, as did the complexity of its economic, political, and cultural activities in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region. In The Heart of the Heartland, personal interviews, demographic research, and archival exploration inform stories of assimilation, ascendancy, and collaboration among Minnesota's Norwegian Americans and their neighbors over the past 170 years. The resulting narrative traces not only Twin Cities business, industrial, neighborhood, and cultural histories but also the significant and varied roles Norwegian Americans have played in the region's development"-- Provided by publisher.

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