| History of the Finns in Michigan Contributor(s): Holmio, Armas K. E. (Author), Ryynanen, Ellen M. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0814329748 ISBN-13: 9780814329740 Publisher: Wayne State University Press OUR PRICE: $36.62 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2001 Annotation: Michigan's Upper Peninsula was a major destination for Finns during the peak years of migration in the nineteenth century and the early decades of the twentieth century. Several Upper Peninsula communities had large Finnish populations and Finnish churches, lodges, cooperative stores, and temperance societies. Ishpeming and Hancock, especially, were important nationally as Finnish cultural centers, with Finnish newspapers, publishing houses, and fraternal and insurance societies, as well as Suomi College and the seminary and administrative offices of the Suomi Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Originally published in Finnish in 1967 by Armas K. E. Holmio, History of the Finns in Michigan, translated into English by Ellen M. Ryynanen, brings the story of the contribution of Finnish immigrants into the mainstream of Michigan history. Holmio combines firsthand experience and personal contact with the first generation of Finnish immigrants with research in Finnish-language sources to create an important and compelling story of an immigrant group and its role in the development of Michigan. History of the Finns in Michigan is a fascinating story for historians interested in Finnish history, Michigan history, immigration studies, and nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Great Lakes history. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - Social Science | Minority Studies |
| Dewey: 977.400 |
| LCCN: 00051330 |
| Series: Great Lakes Books (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.12" H x 5.98" W x 9.04" (1.59 lbs) 544 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Great Lakes - Cultural Region - Scandinavian - Geographic Orientation - Michigan |
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| Publisher Description: Michigan's Upper Peninsula was a major destination for Finns during the peak years of migration in the nineteenth century and the early decades of the twentieth century. Several Upper Peninsula communities had large Finnish populations and Finnish churches, lodges, cooperative stores, and temperance societies. Ishpeming and Hancock, especially, were important nationally as Finnish cultural centers. |