Children of Labor: A Finnish-American History

Children of Labor: A Finnish-American History (1977)

September 24th, 19770h 55min

Documentary, History
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Overview

How Finnish immigrants came into contact — and conflict — with industrial America. Three generations of Finnish-Americans recount how they coped with harsh realities by creating their own institutions: churches, temperance halls, socialist halls, and cooperatives.


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