Scandinavians In Chicago

Author : Erika K. Jackson
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 025205086X
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scandinavians in Chicago written by Erika K. Jackson and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2018-12-30 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scandinavian immigrants encountered a strange paradox in 1890s Chicago. Though undoubtedly foreign, these newcomers were seen as Nordics--the "race" proclaimed by the scientific racism of the era as the very embodiment of white superiority. As such, Scandinavians from the beginning enjoyed racial privilege and the success it brought without the prejudice, nativism, and stereotyping endured by other immigrant groups. Erika K. Jackson examines how native-born Chicagoans used ideological and gendered concepts of Nordic whiteness and Scandinavian ethnicity to construct social hegemony. Placing the Scandinavian-American experience within the context of historical whiteness, Jackson delves into the processes that created the Nordic ideal. She also details how the city's Scandinavian immigrants repeated and mirrored the racial and ethnic perceptions disseminated by American media. An insightful look at the immigrant experience in reverse, Scandinavians in Chicago bridges a gap in our understanding of how whites constructed racial identity in America.

Author : Selma Jacobson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Scandinavians in Chicago written by Selma Jacobson and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Michael Bunce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Profile of an Ethnic Community written by David Michael Bunce and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ruth H. Sanders
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022675975X
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Languages of Scandinavia written by Ruth H. Sanders and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: Dead man talking -- Prologue to history -- Gemini, the twins: Faroese and Icelandic -- East is East: heralding the birth of Danish and Swedish -- The ties that bind: Finnish is visited by Swedish -- The black death comes for Norwegian: Danish makes a house call -- Faroese emerges -- Sámi, language of the far North: encounters with Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish -- Epilogue: the seven sisters now and in the future.

Author : Erika Kathleen Jackson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 638 pages
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Download or read book "Scandinavian Preferred" written by Erika Kathleen Jackson and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anita Olson Gustafson
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1609092465
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Swedish Chicago written by Anita Olson Gustafson and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-12-14 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1880 and 1920, emigration from Sweden to Chicago soared, and the city itself grew remarkably. During this time, the Swedish population in the city shifted from three centrally located ethnic enclaves to neighborhoods scattered throughout the city. As Swedes moved to new neighborhoods, the early enclave-based culture adapted to a progressively more dispersed pattern of Swedish settlement in Chicago and its suburbs. Swedish community life in the new neighborhoods flourished as immigrants built a variety of ethnic churches and created meaningful social affiliations, in the process forging a complex Swedish-American identity that combined their Swedish heritage with their new urban realities. Chicago influenced these Swedes' lives in profound ways, determining the types of jobs they would find, the variety of people they would encounter, and the locations of their neighborhoods. But these immigrants were creative people, and they in turn shaped their urban experience in ways that made sense to them. Swedes arriving in Chicago after 1880 benefited from the strong community created by their predecessors, but they did not hesitate to reshape that community and build new ethnic institutions to make their urban experience more meaningful and relevant. They did not leave Chicago untouched—they formed an expanding Swedish community in the city, making significant portions of Chicago Swedish. This engaging study will appeal to scholars and general readers interested in immigration and Swedish-American history.

Author : Odd Sverre Lovoll
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780877320753
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Century of Urban Life written by Odd Sverre Lovoll and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul Michael Peterson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738531861
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Swedish Chicago written by Paul Michael Peterson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uses vintage photographs to present a visual history of Chicago's Swedish heritage, from the great waves of migration to the present day.

Author : Philip J. Anderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Swedish-American Life in Chicago written by Philip J. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers originally presented at a conference held in Chicago in Oct. 1988, sponsored by the Swedish-American Historical Society, and other others.

Author : Per Nordahl
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Weaving the Ethnic Fabric written by Per Nordahl and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: