One day for democracy Independence Day and the Americanization of Iron Range immigrants /

One day for democracy Independence Day and the Americanization of Iron Range immigrants /

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Main Author: Nemanic, Mary Lou, 1950-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens : Ohio University Press, c2007.
Subjects:
European Americans > Minnesota > Social life and customs.
European Americans > Cultural assimilation > Minnesota.
Fourth of July celebrations > Minnesota > History.
Immigrants > Minnesota > Social life and customs.
Miners > Minnesota > Social life and customs.
Iron ranges > Minnesota > History.
Minnesota > Social life and customs.
Minnesota > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects > History.
Europe, Eastern > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects > History.
Europe, Southern > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects > History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: "Toivo's Airbus, 1992"
  • Early Fourth of July celebrations : from rites of resistance to celebrations of American nationalism
  • The frontier period : celebrations of diversity in an isolated wilderness region, 1892-1905
  • One day for democracy : Independence Day as a festival of freedom in an era of labor oppression, 1906-24
  • The Great Depression : hard times, the New Deal, and a new nationalism, 1925-41
  • The queens of the Fourth of July : mass culture comes to the Iron Range, 1941-92
  • Epilogue: Looking into the twenty-first century.

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