History Of The Finns In Michigan
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History of the Finns in Michigan
Author | : Armas Kustaa Ensio Holmio |
Publsiher | : Wayne State University Press |
Total Pages | : 548 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Finnish Americans |
ISBN | : 0814329748 |
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A history of the Finnish people in Michigan published in English for the first time.
Finns of Michigan s Upper Peninsula
Author | : The Finnish American Heritage Center |
Publsiher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2018-11-19 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781467129787 |
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On Midsummer Eve, 1865, more than 30 Finnish and Sami immigrants disembarked from a Great Lakes ship to a place called Hancock, Michigan. At the time, Hancock consisted of nothing more than a small cluster of humble buildings, but it was here, on the outskirts of mid-19th-century civilization, that Finnish settlement in Michigan's Upper Peninsula (UP) took root. Much to the surprise of these new Americans, Midsummer was not a religious holiday marked by feasts in celebration of the season's prolonged sunlight. Rather, the newcomers were immediately hastened into the bowels of the earth to extract copper in pursuit of the American Dream. In short order, hardworking Finnish immigrants became reputable miners, lumberjacks, farmers, maids, and commercial fishermen. A century and a half later, the UP boasts the largest Finnish population outside of the motherland and sustains the determined spirit the Finns call sisu--an influence that remains palpable in all 15 UP counties.
Finns in Michigan
Author | : Gary Kaunonen |
Publsiher | : Discovering the Peoples of Mic |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : UOM:39015071859834 |
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Discovering the Peoples of Michigan examines the rich multicultural heritage of the Great Lakes State and explores Michigan's ethnic dynamics. Michigan's rapidly changing historical and social structures have far-reaching implications in such areas as public policy, education, management, and private enterprise. Discovering the Peoples of Michigan reveals the unique contributions that different and often unrecognized communities have made to Michigan's historical and social identity.
Finland Swedes in Michigan
Author | : Mika Roinila |
Publsiher | : MSU Press |
Total Pages | : 167 |
Release | : 2012-05-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781609173258 |
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Who are the Finland-Swedes? Defined as citizens of Finland with a Swedish mother tongue, many know these people as “Swede- Finns” or simply “Swedes.” This book, the first ever to focus on this ethnolinguistic minority living in Michigan, examines the origins of the Finland-Swedes and traces their immigration patterns, beginning with the arrival of hundreds in the United States in the 1860s. A growing population until the 1920s, when immigration restrictions were put in place, the Finland-Swedes brought with them unique economic, social, cultural, religious, and political institutions, explored here in groundbreaking detail. Drawing on archival, church, and congregational records, interviews, and correspondence, this book paints a vivid portrait of Finland-Swedish life in photographs and text, and also includes detailed maps that show the movement of this group over time. The latest title in the Discovering the Peoples of Michigan series even includes a sampling of traditional Finland-Swedish recipes.
History of Finland
Author | : Henrik Meinander |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2020-05-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780190054021 |
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Henrik Meinander paints a brisk and bold picture of the history of Finland from integrated part of the Swedish kingdom to autonomous Grand Duchy within the Russian empire, gradually transformed and maturing into a conscious nation, independent state and skilful adapter of modern technology. The main geographical context for his study is the Baltic region, and the author links his analysis to structural developments and turning points in European history. The book blends politics, economy and culture to show how human and natural resources in Finland have been utilized and the impact its cultural heritage and technological innovation have had on its development. In a departure from most conventional approaches, Meinander gives greater emphasis to recent and contemporary events. In other words, he puts Finland into a range of historical contexts in its Baltic and European settings to highlight how both together have formed Finland into what it is at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
Finns in Wisconsin
Author | : Mark Knipping |
Publsiher | : Wisconsin Historical Society |
Total Pages | : 71 |
Release | : 2013-03-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780870205323 |
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From mining to logging to farming, Finns played an important role in the early development of Wisconsin. Although their immigration to the state came later than that of most other groups, their contributions proved just as significant. Finns pride themselves for their sisu, a Finnish term which, roughly translated, means fortitude or perseverance, especially in the face of adversity. They needed their strength of character to help them face the difficult task of building a new life in a new land. Many Finns arriving in Wisconsin, unable to own land at home, hoped to establish themselves as small independent farmers in the new land. They settled mainly in northern Wisconsin, due to jobs and land available there. This book traces the history of Finnish settlement in Wisconsin, from the large concentrations of Finns in the northern region, to the smaller "Little Finlands" created in other areas of the state. Revised and expanded, this new edition contains the richly detailed story of one Finnish woman, told in her own words, of her hardships and experiences in traveling to a new country and her resourcefulness and strength in adapting to a new culture and building a new life.
The Finns in the United States
Author | : Keijo Virtanen |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Finnish Americans |
ISBN | : UVA:X001597968 |
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Community in Conflict
Author | : Gary Kaunonen,Aaron Goings |
Publsiher | : MSU Press |
Total Pages | : 560 |
Release | : 2013-07-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781628950380 |
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A mirror of great changes that were occurring on the national labor rights scene, the 1913–14 Michigan Copper Strike was a time of unprecedented social upheaval in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. With organized labor taking an aggressive stance against the excesses of unfettered capitalism, the stage was set for a major struggle between labor and management. The Michigan Copper Strike received national attention and garnered the support of luminaries in organized labor like Mother Jones, John Mitchell, Clarence Darrow, and Charles Moyer. The hope of victory was overshadowed, however, by violent incidents like the shooting of striking workers and their family members, and the bitterness of a community divided. No other event came to symbolize or memorialize the strike more than the Italian Hall tragedy, in which dozens of workers and working-class children died. In Community in Conflict, the efforts of working people to gain a voice on the job and in their community through their unions, and the efforts of employers to crush those unions, take center stage. Previously untapped historical sources such as labor spy reports, union newspapers, coded messages, and artifacts shine new light on this epic, and ultimately tragic, period in American labor history.