Stockholm on the Rio Grande

A Swedish Farming Colony on the Mesquite Frontier of Southernmost Texas (1912-1985)

von David E. Vassberg

270 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Stockholm, Texas, was an early twentieth century Swedish colony in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. The topic provides a fascinating micro-history of culture contacts, acculturation, and economic development in a frontier setting. The story of Stockholm, Texas, is a case history of the impact on a small rural community of the mechanization and commercialization of American agriculture.

• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Amerikanische Geschichte
• ISBN: 9780761825357
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 21.04.2003
• Größe: 216 x 140 mm
• Verlag: University Press of America