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Tar Heels in wooden shoes : Dutchmen, daffodils and dairies in 20th-century North Carolina /
- Title
- Tar Heels in wooden shoes : Dutchmen, daffodils and dairies in 20th-century North Carolina / Charles W. Riesz, Jr.
- Author
- Riesz, Charles W.,
- Publication
- United States of America : Charles W. Riesz, Jr. and Joanne F. Riesz, [2012]
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Details
- Description
- 355 pages : illustrations, portraits; 23 cm
- Summary
- "This is the story of several dozen Dutch families that emigrated to southeastern North Carolina after the turn of the 20th century and of the two men, one American and one Dutch, who encouraged them to come."--Page 9. The American, Hugh MacRae established farm colonies for immigrants from specific countries and the Dutchman, Frederick van Eeden, attempted to establish a Dutch colony based on socialist principles.
- Subjects
- Immigrants
- Agricultural colonies
- Dutch Americans
- Eeden, Frederik van, 1860-1932
- North Carolina > Emigration and immigration
- North Carolina > Biography
- MacRae, Hugh, 1865-1951
- Emigration and immigration
- Netherlands > Emigration and immigration
- Tar Heel (Nickname)
- Immigrants > North Carolina
- Agricultural colonies > North Carolina
- Dutch Americans > North Carolina
- Biography
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-335) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781105663437
- 1105663434
- LCCN
- 2014469983
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library