Dutch farmer in the Missouri Valley : the life and letters of Ulbe Eringa, 1866-1950 / Brian W. Beltman
- Bib ID:
- 1052539
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Beltman, Brian W., 1945-
- Description:
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- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1996
- xv, 284 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0252021959 (alkaline paper) (cloth)
- Series:
- Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial series.
- Summary:
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The letters Dutch immigrant Ulbe Eringa wrote home from the United States are rich with information on farming, the family, the household economy, church activities, and school involvement as he related them to his relatives back in the Netherlands. His memoirs, written in 1942 and 1943, supplement the letters and provide details about his life before emigrating. Brian Beltman's introduction and chapter-by-chapter commentary place Eringa's story within its historical context, complementing findings that there has been more continuity than discontinuity between the European past and the American ethnic experience.
- Full contents:
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- 1. The Early Years Preceeding Emigration
- 2. The Migration and Arrival
- 3. The Immigrant as Tenant
- 4. The Immigrant Becomes a Landowner
- 5. The Pilgrimage
- 6. Years of Expansion and Providing for the Future
- 7. After the War and Family Farm Succession
- 8. Retirement.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-267) and index.
- Subject:
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- Eringa, Ulbe, 1866-1950
- Eringa, Ulbe, 1866-1950 -- Correspondence
- Dutch Americans -- Missouri River Valley -- Biography
- Dutch Americans -- Missouri River Valley -- Social life and customs
- Farmers -- Missouri River Valley -- Biography
- Farm life -- Missouri River Valley -- History
- Missouri River Valley -- Social life and customs
- Missouri River Valley -- Biography
- Other authors/contributors:
- Eringa, Ulbe, 1866-1950
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1996
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