Ethnic leadership and Midwestern politics
Subtitle: Scandinavian Americans and the Progressive Movement in Wisconsin, 1890-1914
By: Jørn Brøndal.
Contributors: Norwegian-American Historical Association.
Publisher: Norwegian-American Historical Association; Distributed by the University of Illinois Press; Norwegian American Historical Assoc
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Northfield, Minn; Urbana and Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
Subjects: La Follette, Robert M. 1855-1925.; Progressive Party of Wisconsin -- History.; Scandinavian Americans -- Wisconsin -- Politics and government.; Progressivism (United States politics); Wisconsin -- Politics and government -- 1848-1950.; Wisconsin -- History -- 1848-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Published with the support of: Statens Humanistiske Forskningsråd (The Danish Research Council for the Humanities)"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part One. Structures, The Scandinavian Americans and the politics of tradition: Entering Wisconsin's ethnic patchwork quilt; title: Pastors and politics; title: Secular societies; title: The press; title: Scandinavian Americans enter politics; title: Part Two. Dynamics, The Progressive assault on tradition: The transformation of politics in Wisconsin; title: Battles against tradition; title: Part Three. Values, A Set of Scandinavian-American political principles? Scandinavian-American identity and political values.