Pictures of longing : photography and the Norwegian-American migration / Sigrid Lien ; translated by...
Pictures of longing : photography and the Norwegian-American migration / Sigrid Lien ; translated by...
Pictures of longing : photography and the Norwegian-American migration / Sigrid Lien ; translated by Barbara Sjoholm.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2018]
Uniform title
Call Numbers
G 2019/1077
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Language
English
Norwegian
(Language of original)Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
x, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: "Send us your portraits": Letters and pictures in the history of emigration -- The glass plates in the tobacco barn: Andrew Dahl's photographic production -- Views from Main Street: small-town photographers in Minnesota -- Last seen alone on the prairie: emigration and the unseen femal...
Publication information
Publisher
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2018]
Place of Publication
Minnesota
Date Published
[2018]
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Between 1836 and 1915, in what has been called history's largest population migration, more than 750,000 Norwegians emigrated to North America. Writing home, the newcomers sent thousands of pictures--America-photographs, as they are called in Norway. In these photographs, the emigrant experience unfolds as framed by thousands of Norwegian transpla...
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Full title
Pictures of longing : photography and the Norwegian-American migration / Sigrid Lien ; translated by Barbara Sjoholm.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Notes
General note
Originally published: Oslo : SAP, ©2009 under title: Lengselens bilder.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Translation Of
Translation of: Lien, Sigrid, 1958- Lengselens bilder. Oslo : SAP, ©2009 9788230400401 (DLC) 2009500089 (OCoLC)449934102
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2018
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Call Numbers
G 2019/1077
Record Identifier
74VKVya7v06d
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVya7v06d
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ISBN
1517901995 paperback
9781517901981 hardcover
1517901987 hardcover
9781517901998 paperback
DDC
770.893982073
MMS ID
991024232791102626
