Description:This study contends that the cleavage within the Finnish American community between 'Church Finns' and radicals is an often described, but little understood, phenomenon. The book explores the relationship between religion and radicalism as manifested in the intense internecine conflict that characterized Finnish American life in the multi-ethnic Western Great Lakes region. The majority of Finnish emigrants settled in this area of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin and found employment as unskilled laborers in the iron and copper mines, the lumber industry, or farming.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Finnish Radicals and Religion in Midwestern Mining Towns, 1865-1914 (Scandinavians in America). To get started finding Finnish Radicals and Religion in Midwestern Mining Towns, 1865-1914 (Scandinavians in America), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Finnish Radicals and Religion in Midwestern Mining Towns, 1865-1914 (Scandinavians in America)
Description: This study contends that the cleavage within the Finnish American community between 'Church Finns' and radicals is an often described, but little understood, phenomenon. The book explores the relationship between religion and radicalism as manifested in the intense internecine conflict that characterized Finnish American life in the multi-ethnic Western Great Lakes region. The majority of Finnish emigrants settled in this area of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin and found employment as unskilled laborers in the iron and copper mines, the lumber industry, or farming.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Finnish Radicals and Religion in Midwestern Mining Towns, 1865-1914 (Scandinavians in America). To get started finding Finnish Radicals and Religion in Midwestern Mining Towns, 1865-1914 (Scandinavians in America), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.