Belgians in Michigan

Resource Information

The work Belgians in Michigan represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Belgians in Michigan

Statement of responsibility

Bernard A. Cook

Creator

• Cook, Bernard A

Subject

• Belgian Americans
• Belgian Americans -- Michigan -- History
• Belgian Americans -- Michigan -- Social conditions
• Belgian Americans -- Michigan -- Social life and customs
• Electronic book
• Electronic books
• Electronic books
• Ethnic relations
• Flemish Americans
• Flemish Americans -- Michigan -- History
• HISTORY -- General
• History
• Immigrants
• Immigrants -- Michigan -- History
• Manners and customs
• Michigan
• Michigan -- Ethnic relations
• Michigan -- Social conditions
• Michigan -- Social life and customs
• Social conditions

Genre

• History
• Electronic book
• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, Michigan was home to the second-largest Belgian population in the United States, and Detroit had one of the largest Belgian populations in the nation. Although immigration declined after World War I, the Belgian- American community is still prominent in the state. Political, religious, and economic conditions, including a nineteenth- century economic depression, helped motivate the move to America. Belgians brought with them the ability and willingness to innovate, as well as a tradition of hard work and devotion. The Gazette van Detroit, a Flemis

Member of

• Discovering the peoples of Michigan
• Ebook Central Academic Complete

Action

digitized

Cataloging source

OCLCE

Dewey number

977.4/0043932

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

F575.B2

LC item number

C66 2007

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Discovering the peoples of Michigan