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Up in the Rocky Mountains: Writing the Swedish Immigrant Experience
by Attebery, Jennifer Eastman | PB | VeryGood
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Book Title
- Up in the Rocky Mountains
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780816647682
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
ISBN-10
0816647682
ISBN-13
9780816647682
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57220593
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Publication Name
Up in the Rocky Mountains : Writing the Swedish Immigrant Experience
Language
English
Subject
United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Sociology / General, Emigration & Immigration, Europe / Scandinavia, Folklore & Mythology
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, History
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2007-007489
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
978/.004397
Synopsis
Before the turn of the twentieth century, many Swedish men emigrated to the American Rockies as itinerant laborers, drawn by the region's developing industries. Single Swedish women ventured west, too, and whole families migrated, settling into farm communities. By 1920, one-fifth of all Swedish immigrants were living in the West. In Up in the Rocky Mountains, Jennifer Eastman Attebery offers a new perspective on Swedish immigrants' experiences in Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico from 1880 to 1917 by interpreting their letters home. Considering more than three hundred letters, Attebery analyzes their storytelling, repetitive language, traditional phrasing, and metaphoric images. Recognizing the letters' power as a folk form, Attebery sees in them the writers' relationships back in Sweden as well as their encounters with religious and labor movements, regionalism, and nationalism in their new country. By defining personal letters as a vernacular genre, Attebery provides a model for discerning immigrants' shared culture in correspondence collections. By studying their words, she brings to life small Swedish communities throughout the Rocky Mountain region. Jennifer Eastman Attebery is professor of English and director of American studies at Idaho State University., Before the turn of the twentieth century, many Swedish men emigrated to the American Rockies as itinerant laborers, drawn by the region' s developing industries. Single Swedish women ventured west, too, and whole families migrated, settling into farm communities. By 1920, one-fifth of all Swedish immigrants were living in the West. In "Up in the Rocky Mountains, "Jennifer Eastman Attebery offers a new perspective on Swedish immigrants' experiences in Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico from 1880 to 1917 by interpreting their letters home. Considering more than three hundred letters, Attebery analyzes their storytelling, repetitive language, traditional phrasing, and metaphoric images. Recognizing the letters' power as a folk form, Attebery sees in them the writers' relationships back in Sweden as well as their encounters with religious and labor movements, regionalism, and nationalism in their new country. By defining personal letters as a vernacular genre, Attebery provides a model for discerning immigrants' shared culture in correspondence collections. By studying their words, she brings to life small Swedish communities throughout the Rocky Mountain region. Jennifer Eastman Attebery is professor of English and director of American studies at Idaho State University.
LC Classification Number
F596.3.S23A88 2007
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