Search for dissertations about: "Dag Blanck"
Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Dag Blanck.
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1. Becoming Swedish-American : The construction of an ethnic identity in the Augustana Synod, 1860-1917
Abstract : This dissertation examines the construction of an ethnic identity in the Swedish-American community around the turn of the century 1900. It takes its starting points in discussions of the nature of ethnic identity, the role of ethnic leadership, and the process of nation-building and nationalism in 19th-century Europe and America. READ MORE
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2. Border-Crossing Commemorations : Entangled Histories of Swedish Settling in America
Abstract : Different groups from both sides of the Atlantic have since the 1930s come together to commemorate histories of Swedish settling in America. They have celebrated the founding of the New Sweden colony in the Delaware Valley (1638–1655), and the mid-nineteenth-century arrival of Swedish pioneers in the Mississippi Valley. READ MORE
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3. Have Money, Will Travel : Scholarships and Academic Exchange between Sweden and the United States, 1912–1980
Abstract : The large-scale transatlantic mobility of students, teachers, and researchers is a twentieth-century phenomenon that has contributed to the reshaping of international cultural, economic, and political relations into the twenty-first century. Through and as part of this development, the United States transformed into a powerful and influential country on the global stage. READ MORE
