One day for democracy Independence Day and the Americanization of Iron Range immigrants / [electronic resource] :
Mary Lou Nemanic.
- Athens : Ohio University Press, c2007.
- xvii, 252 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map.
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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
European Americans--Social life and customs.--Minnesota European Americans--Cultural assimilation--Minnesota. Fourth of July celebrations--History.--Minnesota Immigrants--Social life and customs.--Minnesota Miners--Social life and customs.--Minnesota Iron ranges--History.--Minnesota
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.