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Author Kaunonen, Gary.

Title Challenge accepted [electronic resource] : a Finnish immigrant response to industrial America in Michigan's copper country / Gary Kaunonen.

Imprint East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2010.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xxv, 255 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Finnish immigration and settlement in a Hancock, Michigan neighborhood -- Finnish immigrant cultural organizations and the "Finn Hall" -- Finnish immigrant socialist-unionists in Hancock -- The early existence of the Tyomies Publishing Company, 1904-09 -- The Tyomies Publishing Company reaches maturity, 1910-1913 -- The 1913-14 copper country strike -- Gun hounds, scabs, and tragedy -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Tyomies Publishing Company staff and contributors, 1909 -- Appendix 2: Tyomies Publishing Company interior use of space, 1913 -- Appendix 3: Copper territory strikers' march, 1913 -- Appendix 4: Tyomies Publishing Company's composite list of Italian Hall deceased, 1913.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Tyomies Publishing Company -- History.
Finnish Americans -- Michigan -- Hancock -- History.
Immigrants -- Michigan -- Hancock -- History.
Finnish Americans -- Michigan -- Hancock -- Social life and customs.
Finnish Americans -- Michigan -- Hancock -- Social conditions.
Working class -- Michigan -- Hancock -- History.
Labor unions -- Michigan -- Hancock -- History.
Hancock (Mich.) -- History.
Hancock (Mich.) -- Social conditions.
Hancock (Mich.) -- Ethnic relations.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780870138737 (paper alk. paper)
0870138731 (paper alk. paper)
9781609172084 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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