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Full-Text Articles in Regional Sociology
Boganis In America: The American Adventures Of Karen Blixen's Father, Wilhelm Dinesen
Boganis In America: The American Adventures Of Karen Blixen's Father, Wilhelm Dinesen
The Bridge
Sick at heart and world-weary at the age of twenty-seven, Captain Wilhelm Dinesen (1845-95) turned his back on Europe and set sail for America. The year was 1872. Danish immigration was on the rise, and many immigrants dreamed of making their fortune in the land of opportunity. Dinesen had other reasons. His fortune was already secure, for he had been born to wealth and privilege. As a young man, however, he had gone to war, but war had led to defeat, and defeat to bloody civil war. How could he forget the horrors he had seen and experienced? What he …
Piet Hein ( 1905-1996): A Renaissance Man, Inger M. Olsen
Piet Hein ( 1905-1996): A Renaissance Man, Inger M. Olsen
The Bridge
A man who in the year 2000 had had his collections of poems and Crooks published in 1,700,000 copies, who had invented lamp shades, a sundial, and the super ellipse as well as games, who had received the Dansk Design Center's annual prize in 1989 should be easy to locate among people whose biography have been written. Those were my thoughts when I started researching this paper, and great was my surprise when I found that was not at all the case.
Dairying, Creameries And Cooperatives: Danish Agricultural Contributions To Early Twentieth Century Alberta, Kirstin Bouwsema
Dairying, Creameries And Cooperatives: Danish Agricultural Contributions To Early Twentieth Century Alberta, Kirstin Bouwsema
The Bridge
The early history of what became the province of Alberta in 1905 is characterized largely by the agricultural industry. A great majority of the early twentieth century immigrants came to Alberta expecting to participate in some way in the agricultural economy. However, the farming methods that were implemented in the province varied considerably. Partly, this variation was due to differences in naturally existing phenomena such as climate, soil conditions, and landscape. However, practices also varied due to the cultural backgrounds of the farmers. The First Nations people who had lived on the land for millennia used farming methods far different …
Danish Gardening Traditions: From Jutland To America, J. R. Christianson
Danish Gardening Traditions: From Jutland To America, J. R. Christianson
The Bridge
When I was a boy, my mother sometimes took me along to Neil Neilsen Florists when she needed flowers for a special occasion. Upon arriving, she always went into the greenhouse to look for Agnes Neilsen. I remember the humid, earthy atmosphere under those immense glass roofs. We walked between endless rows of plants until we spied Agnes at work by one of the flowerbeds. Mother always liked to visit with her. The Neilsens were Danish, and so were we.
Memoirs From A Journey In America 1872, Wilhelm Dinesen
Memoirs From A Journey In America 1872, Wilhelm Dinesen
The Bridge
It was in the late summer of 1872 when I traveled to America. I was sick of soul. I had participated in the Franco-Prussian War, had seen my hopes for redress of [ the Danish defeat of] 1864 shattered, and had then been a witness to the civil war in Paris. I was nauseated by both sides, had then lived in both Denmark and France, but I felt uncomfortable, restless, tired, worn out, weak. I doubted my own ability to achieve anything whatever, and then came some personal problems-and I gave up everything and went to America. What I thought …
Worker Number 74530, Kate L. Gregg
Worker Number 74530, Kate L. Gregg
The Confluence (2009-2020)
In 1943, Lindenwood English professor and historian Kate Gregg became a Rosie the Riveter at the St. Louis Ordinance Plant. This is her story.
From The Editor, Jeffrey Smith
Against Pain, David L. Straight
Against Pain, David L. Straight
The Confluence (2009-2020)
Talk about junk mail! Makers of Antikamnia tablets, a pain reliever in turn-of-the-century St. Louis, used the mail to sell this patent medicine that was investigated by the new Food and Drug Administration in the Theodore Roosevelt administration.
The Seeds Of St. Louis Regionalism, Mark Abbott
The Seeds Of St. Louis Regionalism, Mark Abbott
The Confluence (2009-2020)
Harland Bartholomew’s 1948 regional plan was not a radical departure, but heir to almost a century of regional thinking and planning—including more than three dozen airports.
“We Shall Be Literally ‘Sold To The Dutch’”, Mark Alan Neels
“We Shall Be Literally ‘Sold To The Dutch’”, Mark Alan Neels
The Confluence (2009-2020)
The politicization of immigrant groups is nothing new, as this study of German immigrants and anti-German sentiment suggests.
Where Rivers And Ideas Meet, James D. Evans
Where Rivers And Ideas Meet, James D. Evans
The Confluence (2009-2020)
The St. Louis region is situated right at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, which has been constantly changing over the centuries—just like the rest of the region.
Slave And Soldier, William Glankler
Slave And Soldier, William Glankler
The Confluence (2009-2020)
New court records shed light on the complex relationships of slavery when a slave enlists in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Rural Life Census Data Center Newsletter: South Dakota Farm Number And Size Trends, Jake Cummings, W. Trevor Brooks, Donna Hess, Diane Kayongo-Male
Rural Life Census Data Center Newsletter: South Dakota Farm Number And Size Trends, Jake Cummings, W. Trevor Brooks, Donna Hess, Diane Kayongo-Male
Census Data Center Newsletter Archive: 2007-2010
If you have ever wondered about changes in the number of farms in your state or county, the latest U.S. Census of Agriculture can help answer your questions. New Census of Agriculture information is both interesting and useful. Census of Agriculture data can be used to analyze farm trends, inform agricultural policy, and direct farm spending (2007 Census of Agriculture).
The History Of The Illinois River And The Decline Of A Native Species, Paige Mettler-Cherry, Marian Smith
The History Of The Illinois River And The Decline Of A Native Species, Paige Mettler-Cherry, Marian Smith
The Confluence (2009-2020)
Floodplains as connectors to rivers are essential parts of the ecosystem; endangered plants chart progress or decline on the the Illinois River.
Organizational Life And Political Incorporation Of Two Asian Immigrant Groups: A Case Study, Sofya Aptekar
Organizational Life And Political Incorporation Of Two Asian Immigrant Groups: A Case Study, Sofya Aptekar
Publications and Research
Civil society is the foundation of a healthy democracy but its immigrant element has received little attention. This paper is a case study of immigrant organizations of highly skilled Asian Indians and Chinese immigrants in a suburban town of Edison, New Jersey. I find that civic participation of Asian Indian immigrants spills over into political incorporation while Chinese immigrant organizations remain margin- alized. I argue that local processes of racialization are central in explaining differences in political incorporation of immigrants. In the local context, the Chinese are seen as successful but conformist model minorities and Asian Indians as invaders and …
Political Capital And The Project Planning Process: An Action Research Exercise Of The Shirazi Community Health Clinic Project, Lindsay Beebe
Political Capital And The Project Planning Process: An Action Research Exercise Of The Shirazi Community Health Clinic Project, Lindsay Beebe
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
This paper assess the political capital of the rural Kenyan coast village of Shirazi in the context of the project planning process, using the subjective well-being paradigm of development to guide the research parameters. Household surveys were conducted to provide a baseline of information about village demographics, political efficacy, and measure subjective well-being. The surveys found that Shirazi village, although disadvantaged by limited access to economic markets and financial capital, has a wealth of political capital. The results of the survey, supported by an observation of and participation in the village’s political processes, indicate that Shirazi village will be a …
Yugonostalgia: The Pain Of The Present, Claire Bancroft
Yugonostalgia: The Pain Of The Present, Claire Bancroft
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
This project concerns the concept of nostalgia in the context of Yugoslavia. Through my interviews, observations, and daily interactions, I have sought to present the state of Yugonostalgia in present-day Belgrade. This project looks at Yugonostalgia through three lenses: the past, present, and future. In general, there is positive thinking about the past, a dismal perception of the present, and an optimistic outlook for the future. Despite the fact that many people have these nostalgic stories about the past, Yugonostalgia is still a negative and sometimes offensive term. In this paper, I, the researcher, struggle with my own nostalgia for …
A Place Like This: An Environmental Justice History Of The Owens Valley - Water In Indigenous, Colonial, And Manzanar Stories, Monica Embrey
A Place Like This: An Environmental Justice History Of The Owens Valley - Water In Indigenous, Colonial, And Manzanar Stories, Monica Embrey
Pomona Senior Theses
This text provides an environmental justice analysis of the stories of the people who lived in the Owens Valley, who watered its land and cultivated its crops—pine trees, apple trees, and kabocha alike. Telling the personal stories of challenge and resistance that manifested alongside the oppressive forces of military and state domination provides the opportunity to align forcibly relocated, exploited and incarcerated people’s struggles throughout time. This text starts with The Nü’ma Peoples who were the first humans to live in the Owens Valley and continues with the struggle for empire between rival colonial empires of agriculture and distant urban …
Rural Life Census Data Center Newsletter: Private Industry Change In South Dakota, Priyanka Chatterjee, W. Trevor Brooks, Michael Mccurry
Rural Life Census Data Center Newsletter: Private Industry Change In South Dakota, Priyanka Chatterjee, W. Trevor Brooks, Michael Mccurry
Census Data Center Newsletter Archive: 2007-2010
South Dakota leaders continue to emphasize the importance of economic development. One aspect of assessing economic development is private industry growth. The South Dakota Chamber of Commerce states:
Economic development is not a choice but rather a necessity. Economies that are advancing create jobs with higher pay, offer people amenities and necessities, and provide the tax base for schools, infrastructure, and law enforcement plus many of the intangibles known as “quality of life.” (South Dakota Chamber of Commerce 2006). Private sector jobs make up a large percentage of South Dakota’s jobs. Capitalistic economies, like the United States’, depend on the …
Intern At The Harriman-Nielsen Farm: Where To Begin?, Nana Mikkelsen
Intern At The Harriman-Nielsen Farm: Where To Begin?, Nana Mikkelsen
The Bridge
During the months of October and November 2008, I interned on the Harriman-Nielsen Farm in Hampton, Iowa. The Danish American Heritage Society was looking for a Danish intern to assist the Harriman-Nielsen Farm board in the process of creating an interpretive exhibition, which would tell the stories of the estate. I immediately thought it would be a good place for me to apply my professional training in a combination of dramaturgy and museology. I find it interesting to introduce theatre elements into a museum context.