Norsemen deep in the heart of Texas Norwegian immigrants, 1845-1900
Johan Reinert Reiersen and the First Migration Chain to Texas -- Chain Migration from Southern Norway to East Texas and Four Mile Prairie -- Cleng Peerson, the Father of Norwegian Immigration, Goes to Texas -- Why Did Immigrants from Hedmark County in Eastern Norway End Up in East Texas? -- Finding...
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College Station
Texas A&M University Press
2024
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| Ausgabe: | First edition |
| Schriftenreihe: | Tarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Johan Reinert Reiersen and the First Migration Chain to Texas -- Chain Migration from Southern Norway to East Texas and Four Mile Prairie -- Cleng Peerson, the Father of Norwegian Immigration, Goes to Texas -- Why Did Immigrants from Hedmark County in Eastern Norway End Up in East Texas? -- Finding Virgin Land in the Bosque Valley -- More Norwegian Settlers on the Indian Frontier -- Living among Transplanted Hillbillies and Slaveowners -- Right or Wrong-My Texas! Norwegians in the Confederate Army during the Civil War -- Norwegians in the Confederate Army after the Conscription Law -- A Growing Norwegian Colony in Bosque County, despite Indian Threats -- A System for Indentured Servants from Norway -- Harder to Climb the Agricultural Ladder -- A Transplanted Community -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Norwegians in Texas in 1860 -- Appendix 2. The Wealthiest Men in Bosque County, Texas, 1860 -- Appendix 3. Slave Owners in Bosque County, Texas, 1860 -- Appendix 4. Number of Sheep in Some Texas Counties, 1880-1900 "As historian Gunnar Tote 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 Norwegians 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.""-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Beschreibung: | xvi, 430 Seiten Illustrationen, 1 Diagramm, Karten 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781648430220 978-1-64843-022-0 1648430228 1-64843-022-8 |