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Author:

Nemanic, Mary Lou, 1950-

Title:

One day for democracy : Independence Day and the Americanization of Iron Range immigrants / Mary Lou Nemanic.

Publisher:

Ohio University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xvii, 252 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

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--History.--Social aspects--History.
Europe, Eastern--History.--Social aspects--History.
Europe, Southern--History.--Social aspects--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references (p. 225-240) and index.

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.

ISBN:

0821417304 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780821417300 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)77270634

LCCN:

2006100385

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)