One day for democracy [electronic resource] : Independence Day and the Americanization of Iron Range immigrants / Mary Lou Nemanic.
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- 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 -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects -- History
- Europe, Eastern -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects -- History
- Europe, Southern -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects -- History
- 977.6/0409 22
- F615.E95 N46 2007eb
Includes bibliographic references (p. 225-240) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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