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.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780802865458
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.