Dutch In Michigan
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Dutch in Michigan
Author | : Larry Ten Harmsel |
Publsiher | : MSU Press |
Total Pages | : 67 |
Release | : 2002-06-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781628954333 |
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Even though they are historically one of the smaller immigrant streams, nineteenth-century Dutch migrants and their descendants have made parts of West Michigan their own. The first Dutch in Michigan were religious dissenters whose commitment to Calvinism had long-reaching effects on their communities, even in the face of later waves of radicalized industrial immigrants and the challenges of modern life. From Calvin College to Meijer Thrifty Acres and the Tulip Festival, the Dutch presence has enriched and informed people throughout the state. Larry ten Harmsel skillfully weaves together the strands of history and modern culture to create a balanced and sensitive portrayal of this vibrant community.
A Dutch Settlement in Michigan
Author | : Aleida Johanna Pieters |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : Dutch |
ISBN | : UOM:39015071202264 |
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Dutch is Beautiful
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Author | : Ton Broos,Annemarie Toebosch,Karla Vandersypen |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 113 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 1607855186 |
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For Food and Faith
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Author | : Robert P. Swierenga |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Dutch Americans |
ISBN | : 0788016385 |
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Dutch Chicago
Author | : Robert P. Swierenga |
Publsiher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 940 |
Release | : 2002-11-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0802813119 |
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Now at least 250,000 strong, the Dutch in greater Chicago have lived for 150 years "below the radar screens" of historians and the general public. Here their story is told for the first time. In Dutch Chicago Robert Swierenga offers a colorful, comprehensive history of the Dutch Americans who have made their home in the Windy City since the mid-1800s. The original Chicago Dutch were a polyglot lot from all social strata, regions, and religions of the Netherlands. Three-quarters were Calvinists; the rest included Catholics, Lutherans, Unitarians, Socialists, Jews, and the nominally churched. Whereas these latter Dutch groups assimilated into the American culture around them, the Dutch Reformed settled into a few distinct enclaves -- the Old West Side, Englewood, and Roseland and South Holland -- where they stuck together, building an institutional infrastructure of churches, schools, societies, and shops that enabled them to live from cradle to grave within their own communities. Focusing largely but not exclusively on the Reformed group of Dutch folks in Chicago, Swierenga recounts how their strong entrepreneurial spirit and isolationist streak played out over time. Mostly of rural origins in the northern Netherlands, these Hollanders in Chicago liked to work with horses and go into business for themselves. Picking up ashes and garbage, jobs that Americans despised, spelled opportunity for the Dutch, and they came to monopolize the garbage industry. Their independence in business reflected the privacy they craved in their religious and educational life. Church services held in the Dutch language kept outsiders at bay, as did a comprehensive system of private elementary and secondary schools intended to inculcate youngsters with the Dutch Reformed theological and cultural heritage. Not until the world wars did the forces of Americanization finally break down the walls, and the Dutch passed into the mainstream. Only in their churches today, now entirely English speaking, does the Dutch cultural memory still linger. Dutch Chicago is the first serious work on its subject, and it promises to be the definitive history. Swierenga's lively narrative, replete with historical detail and anecdotes, is accompanied by more than 250 photographs and illustrations. Valuable appendixes list Dutch-owned garbage and cartage companies in greater Chicago since 1880 as well as Reformed churches and schools. This book will be enjoyed by readers with Dutch roots as well as by anyone interested in America's rich ethnic diversity.
With this Inheritance
Author | : Sara Michel |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Frontier and pioneer life |
ISBN | : UOM:39015071354909 |
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Dutch Heritage in Kent and Ottawa Counties
Author | : Norma Lewis,Jay De Vries |
Publsiher | : Arcadia Library Editions |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2009-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 153163902X |
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On February 9, 1847, Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte chose a site on Michigan's Black River and founded what became Holland. Motivated in part by a potato famine and crop failures, the settlers also sought religious freedom. Other countrymen followed, leaving an indelible mark on the character of southwest Michigan. Jan Douma and Matteus Notier, Union soldiers from Graafschap, guarded the bier of slain president Abraham Lincoln. Newbery Medal-winning children's author Meindert DeJong came from Grand Rapids, as did Caldecott Medalist Chris Van Allsburg. The legacy includes Hope, Calvin, and Kuyper Colleges, the world-class Fredrik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, the Fred and Lena Meijer Heart Center at Spectrum Hospital, DeVos Performance Hall, Van Andel Arena, the DeGraaf Nature Center, Windmill Island, Dutch Village, and Veldheer's Tulip Gardens. The Dutch forefathers passed their values on to their progeny to make the area what it is today.
Netherlanders in America
Author | : Henry Stephen Lucas |
Publsiher | : Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 776 |
Release | : 1955 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : UOM:39015054070068 |
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