Sökning: "Swedish-American migration"

Hittade 2 uppsatser innehållade orden Swedish-American migration.

  1. 1. The Portrait of a Homeland : An Analysis of the Image of Sweden and Swedish Poverty in the Swedish American Post, Year 1887

    Magister-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Författare :Elin Williams; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Swedish American press; qualitative research; news journalism; communication for development; social change theory; representation theory;

    Sammanfattning : In the late 1800’s, Sweden was undergoing a population growth and had experienced several crop failures. With the majority of the population being farmers, the migration to North America gave Swedish emigrants an economic opportunity that wasn’t available in the homeland. This resulted in a mass exodus. LÄS MER

  3. 2. ”Jag söker ett land, där jag med arbete kan hjälpa mig och de mina” : Vad hade amerikaemigranterna (1840-1914) för uttalade anledningar för sin utvandring? 

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Författare :Robert Armblad; [2014]
    Nyckelord :Swedish-American migration; immigrantletters; Svenska Amerikanaren; Emigration; Massmigration; Emigration; massemigration; utvandring; Svensk-Amerikanare; Sverige-Amerika; amerikabrev; Emigrationsutredningen; Svenska Amerikanaren; push pull;

    Sammanfattning : This Bachelor thesis aims to uncover the main reasons the Swedish emigrants stated for migration during the mass migration to North America during 1840 to 1914. The research material used for this thesis is a mix of Swedish emigrant letters, letters to the Swedish government’s report on migration (Emigrationsutredningen) and letters to the editor of the Chicago based Swedish-American newspaper Svenska Amerikanaren. LÄS MER