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Swedish Chicago

By Peterson , Paul Michael

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
ISBN
9781439631225, 9780738531861, 0738531863, 1439631220
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
42 MB (43875677 bytes)
Series
Images of America
Pages
illustrations\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Ethnic relations;Manners and customs;Swedish Ameri

Description

At the turn of the 20th century, Chicago was home to the largest Swedish population of any city in the world outside of Stockholm. In the 1920s, Sweden experienced an economic depression and population growth that sparked another rush of Swedish immigration to America and Chicago, where they settled in large numbers in Andersonville and North Park. Chicago has been home to many famous and influential Swedes, including writers Carl Sandburg and Nelson Algren, and builder and developer Andrew Lanquist, who gave us both Wrigley Field and the Wrigley Building. Tour Chicago's Swedish heritage, from the great waves of migration to the present day, through vintage photographs in Swedish Chicago.

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