This study explores the construction of a Swedish-American identity within the Augustana Synod, the leading Swedish-American organization. The nature and contents of this identity are traced at Augustana College, which was the leading Swedish-American institution of higher learning; at the Augustana Book Concern, the largest Swedish-American publishing house; and through the fashioning of a Swedish-American history.
Language
English
Pages
240
Format
Paperback
Release
January 01, 1997
ISBN 13
9789155440275
Becoming Swedish-American: The construction of an ethnic identity in the Augustana Synod, 1860-1917 (Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis)
This study explores the construction of a Swedish-American identity within the Augustana Synod, the leading Swedish-American organization. The nature and contents of this identity are traced at Augustana College, which was the leading Swedish-American institution of higher learning; at the Augustana Book Concern, the largest Swedish-American publishing house; and through the fashioning of a Swedish-American history.