Finns in Minnesota
By: Arnold R. Alanen
Series: The people of Minnesota
Publisher: Historical Society Press; Minnesota Historical Society Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: St. Paul, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 114
ISBN-13: 9780873518543; 9780873518604
Subjects: Social conditions; Finland-Swedes; Emigration and immigration; Finnish Americans; History; Ethnic relations; Finns
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Finns; title: Immigrant numbers; title: A Finnish presence in Minnesota; title: Early emigration from Finland; title: Minnesota's first Finnish rural settlements; title: A Minneapolis Finntown; title: New York mills and west-central Minnesota; title: Northeastern Minnesota; title: Farming the cutover; title: Religion, politics, and organizations; title: Cooperatives and the common good; title: Supporting Finland during the 1930s and 1940s; title: The postwar era; title: Finland Swedes; title: Twin Cities; title: Duluth; title: Iron range; title: Lake Superior's north shore; title: Rural and agricultural settlements; title: Organizational life; title: Today; title: Personal account: Fred Torma.