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Norsemen Deep in the Heart of Texas: Norwegian Immigrants, 1845-1900 Volume 31
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Series: Tarleton State University Southwestern Studies in the Humani
19th Century United States HistoryRegional: SouthwestScandinavian History
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ISBN10: 1648430228
ISBN13: 9781648430220
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: Mar 18 2024
Pages: 392
Weight: 1.85
Height: 1.30 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781648430220
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: Mar 18 2024
Pages: 392
Weight: 1.85
Height: 1.30 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
As historian Gunnar Nerheim states in his introduction, Norway is a foreign country to Texans, and Texas is a foreign country to Norwegians. Neither in Norway nor Texas has there been any awareness that so many Norwegians settled in antebellum Texas. Norsemen Deep in the Heart of Texas brings Norwegian settlement in Texas to light and in doing so offers the first-ever comprehensive history of Norwegians in Texas.
Fluent in both English and Norwegian, Nerheim has done what no other historian has done by combining primary and secondary sources from both languages and both countries. A well-established European scholar, Nerheim examines these never-before-referenced sources, telling the story of Norwegian immigration to Texas, explaining the contexts of Norwegian immigration to Texas in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and uncovering its significance to the histories of both countries.
The larger historical context reveals that immigration to Texas operated as part of dynamic circumstances on both sides of the Atlantic, including slavery and the Civil War. Drawn from the perspectives of both regions, the history of Norwegian settlement in Texas provide new insights into European immigration. Readers interested in Texas, Norwegian, and trans-Atlantic history, as well as nineteenth-century immigration, will find new horizons in Norsemen Deep in the Heart of Texas.
The larger historical context reveals that immigration to Texas operated as part of dynamic circumstances on both sides of the Atlantic, including slavery and the Civil War. Drawn from the perspectives of both regions, the history of Norwegian settlement in Texas provide new insights into European immigration. Readers interested in Texas, Norwegian, and trans-Atlantic history, as well as nineteenth-century immigration, will find new horizons in Norsemen Deep in the Heart of Texas.
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