Norwegians on the prairie : ethnicity and the development of the country town / Odd S. Lovoll.
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TextPublication details: St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, c2006.Description: xvii, 321 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: - 0873515714 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Minnesota
- Immigrants -- Minnesota -- History
- Norwegian Americans -- Minnesota -- Ethnic identity
- Norwegian Americans -- Minnesota -- History
- Norwegian Americans -- Minnesota -- Social conditions
- Benson (Minn.) -- History
- Madison (Minn.) -- History
- Minnesota -- Ethnic relations
- Minnesota -- History
- Starbuck (Minn.) -- History
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Against the broad backdrop of the expanding western frontier, noted Norwegian American scholar Odd S. Lovoll explores the country town through the lens of ethnicity in this pioneering study. Benson, Madison, and Starbuck, all located on the western Minnesota prairie, were settled primarily by Norwegians and served as urban centers--railroad hubs, destinations for trade, and social nexuses--for the farming communities that surround them. Lovoll's meticulous research into census data, careful reading of local newspapers, and extensive interviews with the descendants of Norwegian immigrants reveals strong ties to homeland that are visible today in each town's social, political, and religious character.
"Published in cooperation with the Norwegian-American Historical Association."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-300) and index.
The western expansion -- The village of Benson -- Norwegian small-town apotheosis -- Towns of a common heritage -- In the American matrix -- The persistence of ethnicity.