The Creation of an Ethnic Identity

The Creation of an Ethnic Identity PDF

Author: Blanck, Dag

Publisher: SIU Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780809389513

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"In his book, Dag Blanck analyzes how Swedish American identity was constructed, maintained, and changed in the Augustana Synod from 1860 to 1917. The author poses three fundamental questions: How did an ethnic identity develop in the Augustana synod? Of what did that ethnic identity consist? Why did that ethnic identity come into being?" "[summary]"--Provided by publisher