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The Forging of Finnish-American Communism, 1917–1924 : a Study in Ethnic Radicalism
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 1978)
For decades, American historians viewed the immigrants arriving from Europe as poor and inexperienced peasants who came to America unprepared for the complexities of urban and industrial life, and who did not interfere in ...
Transnational Finnish Mobilities : proceedings of FinnForum XI
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 2019)
This volume is based on a selection of papers presented at the conference FinnForum XI: Transnational Finnish Mobilities, held in Turku, Finland, in 2016. The twelve chapters discuss two key issues of our time, mobility ...
Sea, Gold and Sugarcane : attraction versus Distance : Finns in Australia 1851–1947
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 1986)
The first comprehensive study of the early Finns in Australia, starting with H.D. Spöring’s visit to Australia in the “Endeavour” with James Cook in 1770. The first permanent settlers from Finland were seamen and argonauts ...
Scandinavian Emigration to Australia and New Zealand Project : proceedings of a Symposium, February 17–19, 1982, Turku, Finland
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 1983)
These proceedings of a 1982 symposium on Scandinavian emigration in Australia include presentations on three general topics: field work conducted in Australia and New Zealand in 1980–82, research progress, and Australian ...
Their Ideals Were Crushed : a Daughter’s Story of the Säde Commune in Soviet Karelia
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 2017)
As a young girl, Vieno Zlobina moved with her parents from Cobalt in Canada to Soviet Karelia, and tells the story of an idealistic Finnish community, the Säde Commune (säde means´ray of light´), from its foundation, through ...
From the Front to the West Coast : the Recollections of the Finnish War Veterans in Vancouver
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 2014)
This is a story of a country, Finland, at war as told through the experiences of veterans. The book starts off with the Winter War, and continues on to the two other wars that followed, revealing history through personal ...
To the Land of the Gilded Streets : emigrants’ Journey from Finland through Great Britain to North America During the Era of Mass Migration
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 2015)
During the “Great Emigration” in 1820–1930 circa 42 million Europeans emigrated to North America. About 380,000 of them were Finnish. In this publication we take a closer look at the emigrants’ journey from their home town ...
Finns over the Atlantic : an Overview of the Emigration from Finland to North America
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 2005)
The mass migration to North America started from Great Britain and Central Europe in the beginning of the 19th century. In that great flood of immigration over the Atlantic the Finns formed only a small fraction. When the ...
Language and Culture Contact and Attitudes among First Generation Australian Finns
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 2007)
People of Finnish origin have been relocating to Australia ever since early colonial times. The largest immigrant groups arrived during the passage assistance schemes between the late 1950s and 1960s, when Finns were among ...
On the Archival Heritage of the Finnish Canadian Working-Class Movement : a Researcher's Guide and Inventory to the Finnish Organization of Canada Collection at the National Archives of Canada
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 1987)
Finnish immigrants began to filter into Canada about the early I880's. Since then many of these newcomers have made Canada their home. Canadians of Finnish origin numbered 15, 497 by 1911, 43,885 by 1 931, 59,3 46 by 1 ...