Up in the Rocky Mountains : writing the Swedish immigrant experience /

Jennifer Eastman Attebery offers a new perspective on Swedish immigrantsÕ experiences in Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico from 1880 to 1917 by interpreting their letters home. Recognizing the lettersÕ power as a folk form, Attebery provides a model for discerning immigrantsO...

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Attebery, Jennifer Eastman
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Minneapolis, Minn. : Bristol : University of Minnesota Press ; University Presses Marketing [distributor], c2007.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
Jennifer Eastman Attebery offers a new perspective on Swedish immigrantsÕ experiences in Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico from 1880 to 1917 by interpreting their letters home. Recognizing the lettersÕ power as a folk form, Attebery provides a model for discerning immigrantsÕ shared culture in correspondence collections and brings to life small Swedish communities throughout the Rocky Mountain region.
Umfang:
1 online resource (326 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-8166-5420-4
Schlagworte:
Swedish Americans > West (U.S.) > Correspondence.
Swedish Americans > Rocky Mountains Region > Correspondence.
Immigrants > West (U.S.) > Correspondence.
Immigrants > Rocky Mountains Region > Correspondence.
Letter writing > West (U.S.) > History.
Letter writing > Rocky Mountains Region > History.
American letters > West (U.S.).
American letters > Rocky Mountains Region.
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