Vikings across the Atlantic
Subtitle: emigration and the building of a greater Norway, 1860-1945
By: Daron W. Olson
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780816651412; 9780816651429
Subjects: Emigration and immigration; Norwegians; Ethnic identity; Norwegian Americans; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Mythmaking and identity; title: Creating home : the roots of Norwegian emigration; title: Belonging to the nation : origin myths and the argument to be American, 1860/1890; title: Modern Vikings : the challenge to Anglo-American superiority, 1890/1917; title: Backlash : xenophobia and the pressure to assimilate, 1917/1929; title: A shared homeland : celebrating Norwegian identity across the Atlantic, 1929/1945; title: Conclusion : Building a greater Norway.