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Scandinavian immigrants and education in North America
- Title
- Scandinavian immigrants and education in North America / edited by Philip J. Anderson, Dag Blanck, and Peter Kivisto.
- Publication
- Chicago : Swedish-American Historical Society, 1995.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 01-3131 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- 222 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Note
- "The essays in this book originated at a conference arranged by the Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, in April 1992"--Preface.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction / Philip J. Anderson and Dag Blanck -- Immigration and education : some ethnic and national comparisions / M. Mark Stolarik -- Swedish visitors' views of Swedish-American education / H. Arnold Barton -- Teaching Swedes in America to be Swedish : educational endeavors in the Augustana Synod / Dag Blanck -- Education and identity formation among Swedish-American mission friends : the case of Ansgar College, 1873-1884 / Philip J. Anderson -- Ethnic preservation and Americanization : the issue of Swedish language instruction in Chicago's public schools / Anita Olson Gustafson -- Shaping the culture of an immigrant college town : Decorah, Iowa, 1850-1890 / J. R. Christianson --
- From political right to left : the spectrum of Finnish education in the United States / Michael G. Karni -- Second generation Finns and the public schools : a community study, 1930-1940 / Peter Kivisto -- Danish children's schools : an institutional attempt at language maintenance / Rudolf Jensen -- Cultural and educational achievements of the Icelandic community in Canada / Christopher Hale -- Passing the torch : Scandinavian studies in the United States / Larry E. Scott -- Scandinavian and Scandinavian-American governors of Minnesota and education / Bruce L. Larson -- In private and public : the dialogue of libraries, immigrants and society / Kermit B. Westerberg.
- Call Number
- JFE 01-3131
- ISBN
- 0914819011
- LCCN
- 95068623
- OCLC
- 33943533
- Title
- Scandinavian immigrants and education in North America / edited by Philip J. Anderson, Dag Blanck, and Peter Kivisto.
- Imprint
- Chicago : Swedish-American Historical Society, 1995.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Anderson, Philip J.Blanck, Dag.Kivisto, Peter, 1948-Swedish-American Historical Society (1983-)
- Research Call Number
- JFE 01-3131