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Title: A classic immigrant study
Review: Finnish Immigrants in America is a classic. Hoglund's description of the Finnish experience in America is thorough, covering topics such as work, setting up communities, setting up organizations, the Church's role in Finnish American life, romance, leisure, and obviously a favorite topic of the author's - Finnish literature and periodicals. He paints a fairly clear portrait of why Finns came to America, and how they assimilated themselves in spite of significant language barriers. This book is written at a scholar level, so can be dry at times. My only complaint is that the photographs, which are great, are not credited or dated.
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