{"product_id":"swedes-in-wisconsin-people-of-wisconsin-1","title":"Swedes in Wisconsin (People of Wisconsin)","description":"The revised and expanded edition of Frederick Hale’s Swedes in Wisconsin begins with the story of the state’s first legal Swedish immigrants, a group of six young people and a hunting dog who set sail from Gävle, Sweden, in 1841 and established Wisconsin’s first Swedish settlement, New Uppsala, along Pine Lake in Waukesha County.\n\nHale describes the mass emigration from Sweden to the Midwest that began during the late 1860s and fundamentally changed both Sweden and the Midwest. During this time more than a million Swedes left their homeland for North America, motivated at least in part by a huge population surge that overtaxed Sweden’s relatively small amount of arable land (agriculture served until the twentieth century as the Swedish economy’s mainstay).\n\nUpdates for the new edition include new photos and excerpts from letters Swedish novelist and feminist Fredrika Bremer wrote to her sister while touring the Wisconsin frontier in the autumn of 1850.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0870203371\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: RDV.0870203371.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Hale, Frederick\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is in good condition with very minimal damage. Pages may have minimal notes or highlighting. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47377034018993,"sku":"RDV.0870203371.G","price":6.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/8872\/7729\/files\/0870203371-0.jpg?v=1781114652","url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/swedes-in-wisconsin-people-of-wisconsin-1","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}