Swedish Chicago
Paul Michael Peterson
At the turn of the 20th century, Chicago was home to the largest Swedish population of any city in the world outside of Stockholm. In the 1920s, Sweden experienced an economic depression and population growth that sparked another rush of Swedish immigration to America and Chicago, where they settled in large numbers in Andersonville and North Park. Chicago has been home to many famous and influential Swedes, including writers Carl Sandburg and Nelson Algren, and builder and developer Andrew Lanquist, who gave us both Wrigley Field and the Wrigley Building. Tour Chicago's Swedish heritage, from the great waves of migration to the present day, through vintage photographs in Swedish Chicago.
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Year:
2003
Publisher:
Arcadia Publishing
Language:
english
Pages:
128
ISBN 10:
1439631220
ISBN 13:
9781439631225
Series:
Images of America
File:
EPUB, 41.84 MB
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english, 2003