In search of a home
Subtitle: nineteenth-century Wendish immigration
By: George R. Nielsen.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Texas A & M University Press
Published: 1989
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
Subjects: Sorbs -- Australia -- History.; Sorbs -- Texas -- History.; Australia -- Ethnic relations.; Texas -- Ethnic relations.
Description: Describes the extensive emigration of the small Slavic group the Wends, also known as the Sorbs, from Germany to Australia, Texas, and other scattered areas of the world; examines why they left Europe; and describes the communities they developed in their new home countries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-206)
"An earlier version of this book was published as In search of a home : the Wends (Sorbs) on the Australian and Texas frontier (Birmingham University, 1977)"--T.p. verso.