381 pages 24 cm
Akademisk avhandling--Uppsala
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-377)
I. General Survey -- Chicago, the essence of "the Promised Land" -- The limitations of this study -- II. Important sources -- The United Staes population -- Census 1790-1880 -- Local Censuses -- The City Directories -- III. The Pioneers -- The upper class immigrants -- the immigrants of rural background -- The circle around the St. Ansgarius Church -- The Cholera -- IV. From Squatter to Homeowner -- Swede Town -- Material conditions -- The transition period -- The Swedish colony on the South side -- Material conditions -- The mobility of the South side Swedes -- The Swedes on the West side -- From small town idyll to big city slum -- Summary -- V. Demographic Observations -- The number of Swedish inhabitants -- How settled was the Chicago distribution by sex -- The age structure -- Marital status -- Family Emigration -- The sizes of a households -- Length of residence in the U.S.A. -- Naturalization as American citizens -- Intermarriage -- Summary -- VI. Geographical Background -- The Distribution of emigrants by periods and counties -- The distribution of emigration among smaller areas -- VII. The Swedes on the Labor Market -- The number, sex, and age distribution of the workers -- Branches of industry and occupational groups -- The significance of women -- Definition of occupations -- Metal industry and various -- Technical manufacturing -- Industries -- Woodworking industry and the building and construction industry -- Paper and printing industry -- Food, drink and tabacco industries -- Textile and leather industries -- Other industries -- Commercial activity -- Hotel and restaurant business -- Transportation -- Administration -- Academic and Artistic professions -- Domestic work -- Business advertising in the Newspapers Hemlandet and Svenska Amerikanaren -- Occupational status and socio-economic standing -- The notes on property in Census lists -- Property ownership and occupational affiliation -- Unemployment according to the 1880 Census -- Occupational distribution and housing area -- The occupational background -- Comparisons with the emigration from Smaland and Oland -- Occupation on emigration in Chicago -- Summary -- VIII. The Role of the Organizations -- The Pioneer Church - A firm foundation for the uprooted -- Revival and Competition -- Membership recruiting -- Demographic characteristics of the Church People -- The Role of the "Greenhorns" in church circles -- Help for the sick and the poor -- Educational activites -- Leisure time activites -- The role of the minister -- Summary -- IX. The Secular Societies -- The Scandinavian Union and Svea Diversification and competition -- Attempts towards Scandinavian unity -- Membership recruiting and programs -- The society leaders -- Summary -- A swedish-American Press is Founded -- Circulation -- The "Scribblers" -- The religious and cultural debate -- Summary -- XI. The Immigration Question -- Immigrant protection societies -- The immigrant agencies and "The Runners" -- Justitia and the anti-runner meetings -- Summary -- XII. Chicago's Swedes in Politics -- Deployment and victories in the shadow of the Civil War -- The years of political importance -- From trade societies to socialism -- Summary -- XIII. Conclusion -- Appendix 1, The Church Archives -- Bibliography -- Abbreviations -- Index

Swedes in Chicago : a demographic and social study of the 1846- 1880 immigration

Beijbom, Ulf, 1935-

Akademiförlaget Göteborgslitteratur

Esselte studium/Akademiförlaget

Stockholm, Läromedelsförlaget

Chicago Historical Society

Läromedelsförlagen

Studia historica Upsaliensia, Stockholm, 1971

Sweden, Sweden

some text are cut due to tight binding

2023-06-28