A history of the Finnish people in Michigan published in English for the first time.
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Michigan's Upper Peninsula was a major destination for Finns during the peak years of migration in the nineteenth century and the early decades of the twentieth century. Several Upper Peninsula communities had large Finnish populations and Finnish churches, lodges, cooperative stores, and temperance societies. Ishpeming and Hancock, especially, were important nationally as Finnish cultural centers.
Originally published in Finnish in 1967 by Armas K. E. Holmio, "History of the Finns in Michigan," translated into English by Ellen M. Ryynanen, brings the story of the contribution of Finnish immigrants into the mainstream of Michigan history. Holmio combines firsthand experience and personal contact with the first generation of Finnish immigrants with research in Finnish-language sources to create an important and compelling story of an immigrant group and its role in the development of Michigan. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Surprisingly interesting! A great Upper Peninsula reference!,
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This review is from: History of the Finns in Michigan (Great Lakes Books) (Paperback)
I bought this book as a reference. It sounded dreary, but I figured it would answer occasional questions.
Instead, it was quite fascinating in a variety of ways. It dealt with the background of Michigan's Finnish immigration (the first and biggest 19th c. migration stream), the decline of the tar trade as sailing ships became obsolete, the dreadful winters and crop failures of the late 1860s. The settlement of small communities is detailed -- interesting to Upper Peninsula people. I had to stop before the meaty chapters on the Apostolic Finns and the politics and purposes of the 20th c. cooperative movement, headquartered in Superior, Wisconsin. Its relics can be seen throughout Finnish rural areas of Upper Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Probably the author's bi-cultural perspective, being a native of Finland transplanted to Suomi College in Hancock, Michigan, makes this such an interesting book.
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This book is a classic, one of those books that simply becomes "the Bible" of its topic. There has been recent additional work in this field -- about Finns who live in Michigan -- and none of it stands up to scrutiny, especially when compared to this.
If you are a Finn in Michigan or are interested in studying them, this is the book to buy.
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