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The promise of America : a history of the Norwegian-American people by Odd Sverre Lovoll is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The promise of America : a history of the Norwegian-American people about?
<p>In The Promise of America, historian Odd S. Lovoll tells the story of the thousands of Norwegian immigrants who gambled on a fresh start in the United States. Now, Lovoll has carefully revised this successful book to reflect new understandings of the Norwegian-American past, updating the story to today. Changes include additional photos, expanded treatment of the causes of migration, extensive details about the urban Norwegian-American experience, new information about immigrant fiction and reading societies, enriched discussions of Norwegians in the Civil War and the Socialist movement, and more.</p>
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Odd Sverre Lovoll
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press, published in cooperation with the Norwegian-American Historical Association
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780816633500
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, American Studies, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.4 / 5 (9 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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