# immigration

Learn about the rich history of Irish immigration, settlements, and cultural influence in Wisconsin.

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Paperback: $9.95
40 pp, illustrated
ISBN:9780870203909

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Learn about the values and ideas the Germans brought with them from the Old Country, including their achievements on the farm, in the workplace and in academia over the course of 150 years in Wisconsin.4

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72 pp, photos
ISBN:9780870203343

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72 pp, photos
ISBN: 9780870203374

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The Welsh were alone among the people of the British Isles in that they did not speak English as a mother tongue. This volume contains anecdotes from early immigrant life, photographs, and a detailed history of Welsh churches in Wisconsin.

Paperback. 71 pp, illustrated, photos
ISBN: 9780870203664

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Hardcover: $40.00
753 pp, illustrated, maps
ISBN: 9780870201226

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Mai Ya's Long Journey follows Mai Ya Xiong, a young Hmong woman, from her childhood in Thailand's Ban Vinai Refugee Camp to her current home in Wisconsin.

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Paperback: $12.95
144 pages, 78 photos and illus., 3 maps, 7 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870203732

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80 pages, 27 b/w photos & illus., 6 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870203770

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78 pages, 42 b/w photos, 1 map, 7 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870204326

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A Short History of Wisconsin offers a fresh understanding of how Wisconsin came into being and how Wisconsinites past and present share a deep connection to the land itself.

Paperback: $22.95
272 pages, 20 b/w photos, 8 x 8
ISBN: 9780870204623

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In this addition to the People of Wisconsin series, author Susan Gibson Mikos traces the history of Polish immigrants as they settled in America’s northern heartland.

Paperback: $14.95
152 pages, 50 color and b/w photos and illus., 6 x 9
ISBN: 9780870204920

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156 pages, 60 b/w photos, 7x9
ISBN: 978-0-87020-575-0

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160 pages, 45 b&w photos, 2 maps
ISBN: 9780870206382

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From magical creatures of the old country to legends of the mysterious and macabre, this lore is a record of the stories people held on to and the customs, foods, and cures that filled their lives. Peruse these pages and discover a new history of the people and places of the old north.

Paperback: $18.95
236 pages, 10 b&w photos, 1 map
ISBN:9780870206900

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200 pages, 179 color and b&w photos, 8 x 9
ISBN: 9780870207143

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96 pages, 35 b&w photos
ISBN: 9780870207440

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Hardcover: $26.95
192 pages, 24 color photos, 6 x 9
ISBN: 9780870207594

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128 pages, 30 b&w photos, 6x9
ISBN: 9780870208348

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Paperback, $24.95
302 pages, 38 b&w photos, 6 x 9
ISBN: 978-0-87020-859-1

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240 pages, 29 b&w and color photos, 5 ½ x 8 ½
ISBN: 978-0-87020-855-3

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A fascinating narrative that deepens our ability to understand and empathize with Wisconsin's early pioneers. In their own words, they reveal their fears, joys, frustrations, and hopes for like in this new place.

Told with a blend of scholarly research, interviews, and personal experience of the author, this latest addition to the popular "People of Wisconsin" series shares the Hmong’s varied stories of survival and hope as they have joined Wisconsin communities.

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John D. Krugler brings to life the history of the dedicated corps who collected and preserved Wisconsin's diverse social heritage and fast-disappearing immigrant and migrant architecture in the largest outdoor museum of rural life in the United States.

After a difficult and perilous journey that neither of his parents survived, five-year-old Pao Lor reached the safety of Thailand, but the young refugee boy's challenges were only just beginning.

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Jones Island, originally a mile-long peninsula bordering on the Lake Michigan shoreline, has a long and fascinating history, including close ties to maritime industries and the rich ethnic heritage of Milwaukee.

Compiling more than 1,200 interviews, authors Jill Florence Lackey and Richard Petrie share ground-level perspectives of the lasting German influence on the Cream City.

A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior, Silbernagel deepens our understanding of this era with stories of resilient, remarkable people. Second printing, paperback.

Zona Gale and the So-called School of Wisconsin Authors. Outside Artist Sid Boyum. Book Excerpt: "Hmong in Wisconsin." More!

This fascinating pictorial history celebrates the people of Mineral Point-the early American settlers from Missouri, Illinois, and Kentucky, and the Cornish, German, Irish, and Italian immigrants. Illustrated.

The Norway Building Finally Finds Home. Women's Agency and Divorce in Early Wisconsin. Book Excerpt: "Enslaved, Indentured, Free." More!

A first-hand narrative of the fight for farmworkers' rights from celebrated labor leader, Jesus Salas. Young leaders founded Obreros Unidos (Workers United) to fight for fairness and respect, and to provide services to migrant families.

A facsimile edition of the original "way to a man's heart," featuring authentic American recipes, European cooking, and Jewish favorites. First published in 1903, it was a staple of the American kitchen for more than fifty years.

The best-selling handbook for America's pioneers, first published in 1859. A fascinating look into the strenuous and hazardous life faced by pioneers and prairie travelers.

In this Issue: The story of the All-American Girls Softball League; Raymond Hagen's memoir of growing up on Washington Island; The story of "Stambaugh's Treaty"; book excerpt from "Obreros Unidos: The Roots and Legacy of the Farmworkers Movement."

In this Issue: The Women of Wisconsin Brewing; Tommy Bartlett's Water Ski Show; Door County and Migrant Labor; Book Excerpt: "Sand and Fire"

In this Issue: A Parsonage in New Hope; Confronting the Sandy Lake Tragedy; Book Excerpt: "Survival Food"

In this Issue: Pressley School of Beauty Culture; Polish Identity in Milwaukee; Book Excerpt: "Never Givin' Up: The Life and Music of Al Jarreau"

The program examines how this town became an integral part of the state's growth, connecting Wisconsin's past to the present.