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Title: Norwegians on the Prairie: Ethnicity and the Development of the Country Town

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Publication Year: 2007

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Abstract: [Here] we listen to stories of individual settlers and . . . watch and interact with them as each community evolves through the decades. Ann M. Legreid, Department of Political Science and Geography, Central Missouri State UniversityAgainst the broad backdrop of the expanding western frontier, noted Norwegian American scholar Odd S. Lovoll explores the country town through the lens of ethnicity in this pioneering study. Benson, Madison, and Starbuck, all located on the western Minnesota prairie, were settled primarily by Norwegians and served as urban centersrailroad hubs, destinations for trade, and social nexusesfor the farming communities that surround them. Lovolls meticulous research into census data, careful reading of local newspapers, and extensive interviews with the descendants of Norwegian immigrants reveals strong ties to homeland that are visible today in each towns social, political, and religious character.

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Authors: Lovoll, Odd S.

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society

Publisher Location: Saint Paul, MN

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration, Race and Ethnicity

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