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One day for democracy [electronic resource] : Independence Day and the Americanization of Iron Range immigrants / Mary Lou Nemanic.

By: Nemanic, Mary Lou, 1950-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Athens : Ohio University Press, c2007Description: xvii, 252 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 24 cm.Subject(s): European Americans -- Minnesota -- Social life and customs | European Americans -- Cultural assimilation -- Minnesota | Fourth of July celebrations -- Minnesota -- History | Immigrants -- Minnesota -- Social life and customs | Miners -- Minnesota -- Social life and customs | Iron ranges -- Minnesota -- History | 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 -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 977.6/0409 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2007. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.