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To Build in a New Land Allen G. Noble

To Build in a New Land By Allen G. Noble

To Build in a New Land by Allen G. Noble


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To Build in a New Land: Ethnic Landscapes in North America by Allen G. Noble

A collection of twenty-two original essays by noted authorities on the distinctive cultural landscapes created by the immigration of various European groups, mostly in the nineteenth century, and the migrations of Black and Native American groups. A rich portrait of the ethnic groups that have helped mold the cultures of the United States and Canada.

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Provides an overview of North American ethnic landscapes and offers portrayals of some of the ethnic groups in the United States and Canada. Vernacular Architecture Newsletter

About Allen G. Noble

Allen G. Noble is professor and head of the Department of Geography at the Uniersity of Akron. His publications include Wood, Brick, and Stone: Studies of the North American Settlement Landscape, Ohio: An American Heartland; and India: Cultural Patterns and Processes.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments
Part I. Introduction
Chapter 1. Migration to North America: Before, during, and after the Nineteenth Century
Part II. Northeastern North America
Chapter 2. Acadians in Maritime Canada
Chapter 3. The Irish, English, and Scots in Ontario
Chapter 4. Germans in Ohio
Chapter 5. The Welsh in Ohio
Part III. Southeastern North America
Chapter 6. The Scotch-Irish and English in Appalachia
Chapter 7. American Indians in the Eastern United States
Chapter 8. French Creoles on the Gulf Coast
Chapter 9. African-Americans in the American South
Chapter 10. Cajuns in Louisiana
Part IV. Central North America
Chapter 11. Belgians in Wisconsin
Chapter 12. Danes in Iowa and Minnesota
Chapter 13. Norwegians in Wisconsin
Chapter 14. Finns in the Lake Superior Region
Chapter 15. German-Russian Mennonites in Manitoba
Chapter 16. Czechs in South Dakota
Part V. Western North America
Chapter 17. Ukrainians in Western Canada
Chapter 18. The Navajo in the American Southwest
Chapter 19. Spanish Americans in New Mexico's Rio Arriba
Chapter 20. Germans in Texas
Chapter 21. Basques in the American West
Part VI. Conclusion
Chapter 22. The Immigrant Experience in the Nineteenth Century and Afterwards
Glossary
Notes
References
Contributors
Index

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NLS9780801841897
9780801841897
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To Build in a New Land: Ethnic Landscapes in North America by Allen G. Noble
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Johns Hopkins University Press
19920527
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