Challenge accepted [electronic resource] : a Finnish immigrant response to industrial America in Michigan's copper country / Gary Kaunonen

Author:: Kaunonen, Gary
Published:: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2010.
Physical Description:: xxv, 255 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

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Contents:

Finnish immigration and settlement in a Hancock, Michigan neighborhood -- Finnish immigrant cultural organizations and the "Finn Hall" -- Finnish immigrant socialist-unionists in Hancock -- The early existence of the Työmies Publishing Company, 1904-09 -- The Työmies Publishing Company reaches maturity, 1910-1913 -- The 1913-14 copper country strike -- Gun hounds, scabs, and tragedy -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Työmies Publishing Company staff and contributors, 1909 -- Appendix 2: Työmies Publishing Company interior use of space, 1913 -- Appendix 3: Copper territory strikers' march, 1913 -- Appendix 4: Työmies Publishing Company's composite list of Italian Hall deceased, 1913.

Subject(s):

Työmies Publishing Company—History
Finnish Americans—Michigan—Hancock—History
Immigrants—Michigan—Hancock—History
Finnish Americans—Michigan—Hancock—Social life and customs
Finnish Americans—Michigan—Hancock—Social conditions
Working class—Michigan—Hancock—History
Labor unions—Michigan—Hancock—History
Hancock (Mich.)—History
Hancock (Mich.)—Social conditions
Hancock (Mich.)—Ethnic relations

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Electronic books

ISBN:

9780870138737 (paper : alk. paper)
0870138731 (paper : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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