Swedish-American life in Chicago
Subtitle: cultural and urban aspects of an immigrant people, 1850-1930
By: edited by Philip J. Anderson and Dag Blanck.
Contributors: Anderson, Philip J.; Blanck, Dag.; Swedish-American Historical Society (1983-)
Series: The Ethnic history of Chicago
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
Subjects: Swedish Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Congresses.; Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Congresses.
Description: In the first major examination of the richness and variety of Swedish life in Chicago, scholars from both the united States and Sweden look at Swedish theater, literary life, educational undertakings, labor, radicalism, and religion. Chapters about the importance of Chicago as a theme in Swedish literature, and on Swedish travelers' accounts of the city, delve further into the interplay between Sweden and Chicago.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Papers originally presented at a conference held in Chicago in Oct. 1988, sponsored by the Swedish-American Historical Society, and others.