Robert C. Ostergren, professor of geography at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is the coauthor of the Cultural Map of Wisconsin, and coeditor of Wisconsin Land and Life, both published by the University of Wisconsin Press.
“An exceptional work, meticulously researched and woven together with analytic rigor and attention to the particularities of the subject matter. It is written in a style that combines individual narrative histories with systematic empirical inquiry yielding a work that is intellectually sophisticated and at times lyrical. In short, it should not only be read by students of American immigration, but should serve as a model for future research.”—International Migration Review
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction: Immigration, Community, and the Agricultural Settlement of the Upper Middle West
The Old Community: Kinship, Village, and Church at Mid-Century
The Land They Left: Economy in Rättvik at Mid-Century
The Migration: Pattern and Selection, 1864–1889
The New Land: Settlement Processes
The Transplanted Community: The Formative Years, 1865–1889
The Maturation of Community: Land and Family in the Post-Settlement Period, 1890–1915
The Society They Left Behind: Post-Migration Adjustment and Change in the Old Community, 1885–1915
Epilogue: Looking Back on the Trans-Atlantic Experience
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