Freedom on the horizon
Subtitle: Dutch immigration to America, 1840-1940
By: Hans Krabbendam.
Series: The historical series of the Reformed Church in America -- no. 65
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.; Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.; EERD1
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780802865458
Subjects: Christian Reformed Church -- History; Dutch Americans -- History -- 19th century; Dutch Americans -- History -- 20th century; Dutch Americans -- Middle West -- Social conditions; Immigrants -- Middle West -- History; Dutch Americans -- Middle West -- Religion; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History; Middle West -- Emigration and immigration -- History; Netherlands -- Emigration and immigration -- History
Work titles: Vrijheid in het verschiet.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Origin of an emigration tradition; title: Organization and emigration climate; title: Formation of an immigration network; title: Cement of the churches; title: Immigrant families; title: Work and prosperity; title: Transfer : language and education; title: Contact : letters and newspapers; title: Politics; title: Dutch American identity; title: Conclusion: Building blocks for permanence; title: Appendix 1: Statistical overview : Dutch emigrants to the United States, 1840-1940; title: Appendix 2: Historiography of the Dutch in America.