Preface Labor Migrants and Their Press An Internationally Mobile Working Class and Its Press in North America: A Survey by Dirk Hoerder Bibliography User's Guide Migrants for Northern Europe The Press of Labor Migrants from the Nordic Countries: Introduction by Dirk Hoerder List of Depositories Scandinavians by Michael Brook, Jens Bjerre Danielson, and Robert J. Mikkelsen Danes by Jens Bjerre Danielson Swedes by Michael Brook Norwegians by Robert L. Mikkelsen Finns by Auvo Kostiainen Icelanders by Keneva Kunz Combined Title Index
DIRK HOERDER is Professor of Social History at the University of Bremen, West Germany. zig /f Christiane /r asst. ed.
?[A]n important and irreplaceable source.?-RQ
?Hoerder's comprehensive bibliography of newspapers and periodicals
provides basic source material about working class North European
ethnic groups in the US. There are separate sections for
Scandinavians, Danes, Swedes, Norwegians, Finns, and Icelanders.
Each section begins with a short introduction discussing the
specific immigrant group. The annotations are both well written and
informative. Entries are arranged alphabetically and contain
information about the circulation, frequency, language, dates of
publication, depository locations, and political leanings of the
periodicals. There are a useful section of historical background
about labor and immigration in North America, a table of contents,
a list of depositories, a Nordic title index, and a list of surveys
and essays about immigration and labor. This work fills an
important gap in the reference literature ... It will be of
interest to scholars in history, labor, and ethnicity. Recommended
for undergraduate and graduate collections as well as special
collections.?-Choice
?The introductory essays are valuable in their own right, making
this an important and irreplaceable source.?-The Alert
Collector
?[A]n important and irreplaceable source.??RQ
"ÝA¨n important and irreplaceable source."-RQ
"[A]n important and irreplaceable source."-RQ
"The introductory essays are valuable in their own right, making
this an important and irreplaceable source."-The Alert
Collector
"Hoerder's comprehensive bibliography of newspapers and periodicals
provides basic source material about working class North European
ethnic groups in the US. There are separate sections for
Scandinavians, Danes, Swedes, Norwegians, Finns, and Icelanders.
Each section begins with a short introduction discussing the
specific immigrant group. The annotations are both well written and
informative. Entries are arranged alphabetically and contain
information about the circulation, frequency, language, dates of
publication, depository locations, and political leanings of the
periodicals. There are a useful section of historical background
about labor and immigration in North America, a table of contents,
a list of depositories, a Nordic title index, and a list of surveys
and essays about immigration and labor. This work fills an
important gap in the reference literature ... It will be of
interest to scholars in history, labor, and ethnicity. Recommended
for undergraduate and graduate collections as well as special
collections."-Choice
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