Norwegians in Michigan
Department
Medieval Studies
Document Type
Book
Files
Description
In Norwegians in Michigan, Clifford Davidson shows how Norwegians took advantage of opportunities when they began settling in Michigan in the nineteenth century. Norwegians sailed Lake Michigan, joined the lumber trade, farmed the northwest part of the state, and mined copper and iron in the Upper Peninsula. At the same time, they brought a unique culture that came to be associated with Michigan and the Midwest. The first generations of Norwegians in Michigan maintained close cultural ties with their homeland. Some Norwegian immigrants adjusted to life in a new land more quickly than others. Among these, according to Davidson, were engineers trained in Norway who developed Michigan's bridges, tunnels, and eventually even the cars that used them.
Illustrated with photographs, maps, and documents, Norwegians in Michigan vividly chronicles a now-familiar pattern of immigrants' cultural understandings prodding and shaping the culture of an emerging region and nation.
Call number in WMU's library
F575.S2 D38 2010 (Waldo Library, WMU Authors Collection, First Floor)
ISBN
978-0870138782
Publication Date
2010
Publisher
Michigan State University Press
City
East Lansing
Keywords
Norwegians, Norwegian Americans, Michigan, social life and customs.
Disciplines
Scandinavian Studies
Recommended Citation
Davidson, Clifford O., "Norwegians in Michigan" (2010). All Books and Monographs by WMU Authors. 110.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/books/110