1st Edition
Scandinavian Exodus Demography And Social Development Of 19th Century Rural Communities
By Briant Lindsay Lowell
Copyright 1987
262 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1987. During the last half of the nineteenth century, nearly two million Norwegians and Swedes migrated to the United States. Declining rates of emigration are moderately associated with the development of urban-industrialization in Scandinavia toward the end of the 19th century. Still, the major explanation of the decline of emigration is argued to be less a response to new... Read more
1 Introduction, 2 Theory on the Causes of Emigration , 3 Theoretical Orientation, 4 Hands Across the Water: Swedish Emigration 1881-1900, 5 Tradition and Change: Norway's Emigration 1875-1905, 6 Summary and Conclusion
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Briant Lindsay Lowell
