The Scandinavian Element in the United States: University of Illinois Studies in the Social Sciences, Vol. 111, No. 3, September, 1914Babcock, Kendric Charles
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The Scandinavian Element in the United States: University of Illinois Studies in the Social Sciences, Vol. 111, No. 3, September, 1914
Babcock, Kendric Charles
Scandinavians -- United States
Business, Scandinavians in, 102-5.
California, Scandinavian population, 72-4.
Capital:
brought by immigrants, 92-96;
investment, 94-97.
Chicago (Ill.):
Scandinavian population, 73-4;
Swedish settlement, 60.
Chisago Co. (Minn.), Swedish settlement, 97-98;
politics, 163.
Church, _see_ names of denominations, i. e., Baptist church.
Cities, Scandinavian element, 73-4.
Citizenship, 11, 83-4, 179-82.
Civil War, part played by Scandinavians, 75-8, 142, 149.
Clausen, C. L., 46-7.
Climate, influence upon distribution of immigration, 74-5.
Colleges, Scandinavian, 111-14.
Communism, in Bishop Hill settlement, 51-60.
Congregational church, work among Scandinavians, 116-19.
Dane Co. (Wis.) settlement, 110, 145.
Danes: character, 18;
in politics, 140-43;
settlements, 63, 65.
Danish immigration: 69, 73-4;
character of, 64;
statistics, 62, 67-74.
_See also_ Immigration.
Danish churches, 15, 63-65.
Davidson, J. O., 153.
Defectives, 134-45.
Delaware River (Swedish) colony, 11-13.
Delinquents, 134-35, 137-39.
Democratic party, 160-64, 166-70.
Denmark:
economic conditions, 18-19, 21, 62-63, 68.
emigration: 62, 64;
causes, 62, 63, 115;
statistics, 62, 67-74.
population:
distribution, 21;
increase, 69-70, 132.
Dietrichson, J. W. C., 47-8.
Duluth (Minn.), Scandinavian population, 74.
Eberhardt, A. O., 153.
Education, 65, 109-14, 166-70.
_See also_ English language; illiteracy.
Elk Horn (Ia.), Danish settlement, 63, 65.
Emigration, _see_ Immigration; Names of countries, e. g. Denmark.
English language, use among Scandinavians, 109-10, 113, 122-23, 131,
145, 166-72.
Ericsson, John, 78.
Esbjörn, Paul, 117-18.
Families, large, 14, 132-133.
Farmers' Alliance, 162-63.
Fillmore Co. (Minn.), 98-99, 110, 144.
Fox River (Ill.), Norwegian settlement, 28-29, 36.
Free Soil party, 158-59.
Greenback party, 161.
Grevstad, N. A., 156.
Hasselquist, T. N., 117-18.
Hedström, Jonas, and O. G., 50, 54, 116.
Heg, Even, 43, 44, 48.
Heg, H. C., 76.
Hesthammer, Peerson, _see_ Peerson Kleng.
Hovland, G. G., 30, 35.
Illinois:
Norwegian settlement, 27, 28-9, 32-3, 36;
politics, 161, 168-69;
Scandinavian population, 72-4;
Swedish settlement, 53-4, 56-7, 60.
Illegitimacy, 134.
Illiteracy, 109.
_See also_ Education.
Immigrants, Americanization, 10, 107-108, 179-82;
classes, 11;
value to U. S., 9, 91-93, 179-82.
Immigration, Scandinavian:
causes, 18-21, 81-8;
distribution, 71-4;
promoted by railroads, 86-98;
promoted by states, 88-90;
statistics, 7-8, 67-74, 205;
value to U. S., 91-105;
westward expansion, 45, 66, 71, 75, 96.
_See also_ Names of peoples, i. e., Danes.
Independent party, 161.
Indiana, Norwegian settlement, 27.
Industry, Scandinavians in, 102-5.
Insanity, 135-37.
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