Immigrant identities in the rural Midwest, 1830--1925
by Oyangen, Knut, Ph.D., IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, 2007, 285 pages; 3274824

Abstract:

This dissertation is about the dislocation and estrangement of transatlantic migrants to the rural Midwest, and the ways in which they both resisted and participated in their own sociocultural displacement by formulating new identities in unfamiliar contexts.

 
AdviserPamela Riney-Kehrberg
SchoolIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
SourceDAI/A 68-07, p. , Nov 2007
Source TypeDissertation
SubjectsAmerican history; Ethnic studies
Publication Number3274824
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