Swedish Heritage of Greater Worcester
Title | Swedish Heritage of Greater Worcester PDF eBook |
Author | Eric J. Salomonsson |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | 155 |
Release | 2015-11-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1625856989 |
By 1900, Worcester was home to the largest Swedish population in the eastern United States. These new residents brought an innovative and unique spirit to the community. Industrialist John Jeppson invented an artificial emery stone, and his experiments in the abrasives field became the foundation of the Norton Company. Worcester welcomed Swedish immigrants who preserved traditions through various lodges, church congregations and Swedish-owned businesses like Holstrom's Market, Lundborg's and Crown Bakery. Fairlawn Hospital and the Lutheran Home were other mainstays that marked the Swedes' local presence. Author Eric J. Salomonsson explores how Worcester's Swedish immigrants became Swedish-Americans while making vital and vibrant contributions to their adopted city.
Swedish Signal Intelligence, 1900-1945
Title | Swedish Signal Intelligence, 1900-1945 PDF eBook |
Author | C. G. McKay |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Total Pages | 336 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780714652115 |
A history of Swedish interception of radio and telegraph messages during World Wars I and II providing a valuable background to Swedish military operations at this time. This should prove a valuable work for anyone interested in the intelligence systems at work during wartime.
Swedish Ventures in Cameroon, 1883-1923
Title | Swedish Ventures in Cameroon, 1883-1923 PDF eBook |
Author | Shirley Ardener |
Publisher | Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | 304 |
Release | 2002-08-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1782388710 |
The 1880s were a critical time in Cameroon. A German warship arrived in the Douala estuary and proclaimed Cameroon a protectorate. At that time, two Swedes, Knutson and Waldau, were living on the upper slopes of the Cameroon Mountain. Very little is known about their activities. One, Knutson, wrote a long memoir of his time in Cameroon (1883-1895) which is published here for the first time. It gives fascinating insights into everyday life in Cameroon and into the multifaceted relationships among the various Europeans, and between them and the Africans, at the end of the 19th century; we learn about the Swedes' quarrels first with the Germans and later with the British, over land purchases, thus revealing the origins of long on-going disputes over Bakweri lands. We are given vivid descriptions of Bakweri notables and their, and the Europeans', cultural practices, a rare eye-witness account of the sasswood witchcraft ordeal, and learn about Knutson's friendships with slaves. Together with appended contemporary correspondence, legal opinions, and early (translated) texts, this memoir must be considered as a unique and invaluable primary source for the pre-colonial history of Cameroon.
History of the Swedes of Illinois
Title | History of the Swedes of Illinois PDF eBook |
Author | Ernst W. Olson |
Publisher | Рипол Классик |
Total Pages | 934 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 5879573214 |
A brage-beaker with the Swedes; or, Notes from the North in 1852
Title | A brage-beaker with the Swedes; or, Notes from the North in 1852 PDF eBook |
Author | William Blanchard Jerrold |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 298 |
Release | 1854 |
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Annual Report of the American Bible Society
Title | Annual Report of the American Bible Society PDF eBook |
Author | American Bible Society |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 648 |
Release | 1916 |
Genre | |
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Together with a list of auxiliary and cooperating societies, their officers, and other data.
History of the Swedes. Translated, with introduction and notes, by J. H. Turner
Title | History of the Swedes. Translated, with introduction and notes, by J. H. Turner PDF eBook |
Author | Erik Gustaf Geijer |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 378 |
Release | 1845 |
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