Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-200).
Contents:
1. Norway -- History, location, climate, terrain, and weather -- 2. The Norwegian people -- Character, morals, disease, population figures -- 3. The Norwegian farm and farmer -- Ownership, residents, structure, buildings, crops, farm work -- 4. Homes of rural Norway -- Dwelling house, furnishings, food, clothing, laundry, cooking -- 5. The Church of Norway -- Description and importance, baptism, confirmation, burial, and vaccination -- 6. Courting and marriage -- description, customs and traditions -- 7. Education in Norway -- Schools and teachers -- 8. Transportation, travel, and communication -- Travel, roads, posting stations, postal systems, boats, railroad, telephone, telegraph, press -- 9. Trading and markets -- Markets, barter, money, time-reckoning, values, weights and measures -- 10. Emigration from Noway -- Cause, preparation, ocean voyage -- 11. The Norwegian immigrant community in the United States -- Description, church, education, press -- 12. Norwegian naming traditions -- Given name, patronym, farm name. Some recent naming practices in Norway -- Glossary. Bibliography.
Summary:
Ann Urness Gesme's new book shares her research detailing customs and conditions in the lives of rural Norwegians as they began to consider emigration in the 1800s. -- provided by publisher.
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