description: This study contends that the cleavage within the Finnish American community between 'Church Finns' and radicals is an often described, but little understood, phenomenon. The book explores the relationship between religion and radicalism as manifested in the intense internecine conflict that characterized Finnish American life in the multi-ethnic Western Great Lakes region. The majority of Finnish emigrants settled in this area of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin and found employment as unskilled laborers in the iron and copper mines, the lumber industry, or farming.
language: English
title: Finnish Radicals and Religion in Midwestern Mining Towns, 1865-1914
titlecomplete: Finnish Radicals and Religion in Midwestern Mining Towns, 1865-1914 (Scandinavians in America)
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publisher: Arno Press