Norwegian-American essays, 2004
By: Orm Øverland, editor ; Harry T. Cleven, assistant editor
Contributors: NAHA-Norway; Norsk utvandrermuseum; Norwegian-American Seminar (8th : 2003 : Bergen, Norway)
Series: Norsk-amerikanske historielaget, avd. Norge -- vol. 11; Norsk-amerikanske historielaget, avd. Noreg (Series) -- vol. 11
Publisher: NAHA-Norway
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oslo
Language: eng; nor
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9788299146197
Subjects: Norwegian Americans; Congresses; History; Social life and customs; Intellectual life; Emigration and immigration; Marriage customs and rites; Publishers' bindings; Norwegian American artists
Other titles: Norwegian-American essays
Notes: "Published by NAHA-Norway and The Norwegian Emigrant Museum"--P. [1] of cover.

Papers presented at the eighth Norwegian-American Seminar, Bergen and Sletta, Radøy, Norway,June 25-28, 2003; conference sponsored by NAHA-Norway.

"Published with the financial support of The Research Council of Norway""--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

In English; one contribution in Norwegian.
Table of contents: title: Freedom and the immigrant myth : European immigrants in the United States  -- Jon Gjerde; title: Wedding customs among Norwegian-American Lutherans, 1850-1950  -- Todd W. Nichol; title: Substantial or relational explanations? The exclusion and inclusion of newcomers: the Norwegian case / Knut Kjeldstadli --; title: Norwegian immigrants, Wisconsin tribes and the Bethany Indian Mission in Wittenberg, Wisconsin, 1883-1955  -- Betty Bergland; title: From psalm book to Yankee song : religious music as a reflection of cultural change in Norwegian America  -- Camilla Cai; title: Jon Norstogs bibliotek  -- Øivind T. Gulliksen; title: the Migration of tradition  -- Terje Mikael Hasle Joranger; title: Kvinden og hjemmet : sixty years of success  -- Åse Elin Langeland; title: Norskdommens høydepunkt : 1880-1914, the Golden Age of the Norwegian immigrant community in Minneapolis-St. Paul  -- David Mauk; title: Norwegian-American decorated cloth : a subset of American publishers' bindings, 1860-1930  -- Susanne Nevin; title: Emigrant culture : the "psychological factor" in Norwegian emigration history  -- Nils Olav Østrem; title: The bigamous marriage of Elise and Wilhelm Wærenskjold  -- Charles Russell; title: Building an ideal image : the creative translation of the Linka Preus diary  -- Marvin G. Slind; title: Jonas Lie : Norwegian silver in the American melting pot -- Dina Tolfsby.