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020			_a9781501735707 _qPDF
024	7		_a10.7591/9781501735707 _2doi
035			_a(DE-B1597)9781501735707
035			_a(DE-B1597)533840
035			_a(OCoLC)1129182953
040			_aDE-B1597 _beng _cDE-B1597 _erda
050		4	_aE184.D9 _bD86 1995
072		7	_aLCO011000 _2bisacsh
082	0	4	_a973/.043931 _220
084			_aonline - DeGruyter
245	0	0	_aDutch American Voices : _bLetters from the United States, 1850–1930 / _ced. by Herbert J. Brinks.
264		1	_aIthaca, NY : _bCornell University Press, _c[2019]
264		4	_c©1995
300			_a1 online resource (520 p.) : _b28 b&w photographs, 8 facsimiles, 2 maps
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
490	0		_aDocuments in American Social History
505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tCONTENTS -- _tILLUSTRATIONS -- _tPREFACE -- _tINTRODUCTION -- _tI. Rural to Rural: Sand-Soil Emigrants -- _tII. Rural to Rural: Clay-Soil Emigrants -- _tIII. Rural to Urban -- _tIV. Urban to Urban -- _tV. Detached Immigrants -- _tAPPENDIXES -- _tSELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- _tINDEX OF PERSONAL NAMES -- _tINDEX OF PLACE-NAMES -- _tTOPICAL INDEX
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aBrother I cannot tell you what is best for you—staying there or coming here. If it only concerned yourself! would say, stay. But if you are concerned about your descendents I would say, come." Writing from his Michigan farm to relatives back in Overijssel, Jacob Dunnink voiced a perspective at once uniquely his own and typical of his immigrant community in 1856. Dutch American Voices brings together a full spectrum of such perspectives, as expressed in immigrants' letters to their families and friends in the Netherlands. From the terse notes of first-time writers to the polished chronicles of skilled correspondents, the letters are presented in engaging English translations that capture the diversity of their authors' personalities.Herbert J. Brinks has included twenty-three series of letters from the Dutch Immigrant Letter Collection at Calvin College, covering periods of correspondence from three to fifty-seven years. In addition to an introduction to Dutch immigration history, the book provides abundant illustrations and brief biographies of the correspondents. Most write from Dutch American agricultural communities in Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa, but some describe life in cities as far-flung as Paterson, New Jersey; Tampa, Florida; and Oak Harbor, Washington. Rural and urban, Protestant and Catholic, male and female, the letter writers capture moments from their arrival through decades of life in the New World.Affording glimpses into the daily experiences of becoming American, the letters describe the weather, the food, the price of crops, the economics of farm and factory, the peculiarities of neighbors, and the drama of politics. As they bring news of marriages, births, and deaths, sustain family members in faith, or squabble over money, they also offer an intimate view of the strength—and the frailty—of family ties over distance.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024)
650		0	_aDutch Americans _xCorrespondence.
650		0	_aDutch Americans _xHistory _xSources.
650		4	_aU.S. History.
650		7	_aLITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters. _2bisacsh
700	1		_aBrinks, Herbert J. _ecuratore
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.7591/9781501735707
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501735707
856	4	2	_3Cover _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501735707/original
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