Dutch Chicago : a history of the Hollanders in the Windy City /
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| Author / Creator: | Swierenga, Robert P. |
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| Imprint: | Grand Rapids, Mich. : A.C. Van Raalte Institute, Hope College : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., c2002. |
| Description: | xx, 908 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The historical series of the Reformed Church in America ; no. 42 Historical series of the Reformed Church in America ; no. 42. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4847757 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1.. Dutch Chicago Takes Shape
- 2.. "Like Mother, Like Daughter": Dutch Calvinism in America
- 3.. Guided by God Is Guided Well: The Founding Years
- 4.. Pulpit and Pew in the Heyday of the Groninger Hoek
- 5.. White Flight: Reformed Churches Seek the Suburbs
- 6.. Churches of Roseland: The Frisian Settlement
- 7.. Feeders of the Church: Christian Schools
- 8.. A Covenanted Community: Church Social Life
- 9.. From Womb to Tomb: Mutual Aid Societies and Cemeteries
- 10.. The Elites: Dutch American Social Clubs
- 11.. Plowing in Hope: Truck Farming and Agricultural Colonization
- 12.. Business Is "Picking Up": Garbage and Cartage
- 13.. Buying Dutch: Stores and Services
- 14.. Help a Hollander: Ethnic Politics
- 15.. The "Other" Hollanders: Jews and Catholics
- 16.. The Dutch Reformed as a Covenanted Community
- Appendices
- 1.. Chicago Dutch Garbage Companies
- 2.. Chicago Dutch Cartage Companies
- 3.. Churches, Schools, and Missions
- 4.. Societies and Clubs
- 5.. Church Membership, 1853-1978
- Bibliography
- Index
