Background
Bergquist, James Manning was born on February 1, 1934 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States. Son of Reuben Neil and Irene Mary (Norton) Bergquist.
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Early-nineteenth-century America experienced the first "wave" of immigration after Independence, when Germans, Irish, English, Scandinavians, and, on the West Coast, even Chinese began to arrive in significant numbers. These new settlers had a profound impact on such national developments as westward expansion, urban growth, industrialization, city and national politics, and the Civil War. James M. Bergquist's chronicle of the early immigrants' experiences describes where they came from, what their journey to America was like, and where they entered the new nation, and where they eventually settled. He highlights immigrant contributions to American life as well as their struggles to gain wider acceptance by the mainstream culture. The approach, similar to David Kyvig's highly successful Daily Life in the United States, 1920–1940 (published by Ivan R. Dee in 2004), presents history with an appealing immediacy, on a level that everyone can understand.
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Early nineteenth century America saw the first wave of post-Independence immigration. Germans, Irish, Englishmen, Scandinavians, and even Chinese on the west coast began to arrive in significant numbers, profoundly impacting national developments like westward expansion, urban growth, industrialization, city and national politics, and the Civil War. This volume explores the early immigrants' experience, detailing where they came from, what their journey to America was like, where they entered their new nation, and where they eventually settled. Life in immigrant communities is examined, particularly those areas of life unsettled by the clash of cultures and adjustment to a new society. Immigrant contributions to American society are also highlighted, as are the battles fought to gain wider acceptance by mainstream culture. Engaging narrative chapters explore the experience from the viewpoint of the individua, the catalysts for leaving one's homeland, new immigrant settlements and the differences among them, social, religious, and familial structures within the immigrant communities, and the effects of the Civil War and the beginning of the new immigrant wave of the 1870s. Images and a selected bibliography supplement this thorough reference source, making it ideal for students of American history and culture.
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Bergquist, James Manning was born on February 1, 1934 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States. Son of Reuben Neil and Irene Mary (Norton) Bergquist.
Bachelor, University Notre Dame, 1955. Master of Arts in History, Northwestern University, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy in History, Northwestern University, 1966.
Instructor history, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa., 1961-1963; instructor history, Villanova (Pennsylvania) U., 1963-1966; assistant professor, Villanova (Pennsylvania) U., 1966-1969; associate professor, Villanova (Pennsylvania) U., 1969-1986; professor, Villanova (Pennsylvania) U., since 1986.
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Trustee Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia, 1988—1992, 1994—2001. Member Pennsylvania Task Force on Diversity in Higher Education, 1991—1994. Member of American Association of University Professors (president Pennsylvania division 1988-1990, national council 1995—2001), Ethnic Studies Association Philadelphia (president 1980-1982), History Society Pennsylvania, American Association State and Local History, Immigration and Ethnic History Society (board directors since 1995), Society for History of the Early American Republic, Organization American Historians, American History Association.
Married Joan Marie Solon, May 17, 1969. Children: John Norton, Charles James.