Immigrating To America

Authors

Andrew Christensen

Keywords

immigration, America, Denmark, World War I

Abstract

To get the proper backdrop for this article, let me quote a few statements from the introduction of an outstanding book on immigration to America, sponsored by the Rebild Society and written by Kristian Hvidt, the Chief Librarian of the Danish Parlimentary Library:

"In the course of the fifty years preceeding the outbreak of World War I in 1914, well over 300,000 Danes left their homeland to become immigrants; ninety percent of them settled in the U.S.A. The illuminating facts stated in human terms show that our grand and great-grandparents saw every tenth one of their countrymen leave their land - usually for good."

Recommended Citation

Christensen, Andrew (1980) "Immigrating To America," The Bridge: Vol. 1: No. 5, Article 8.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thebridge/vol1/iss5/8