In Lindsborg, Kansas—“Little Sweden, USA”—the streets are lined with shops offering “An
Adventure in Swedish Tradition,” and residents put on numerous festivals throughout the …

Peoples' lives become more meaningful when they develop strong connections to place.
Bonding with place links us to the past, situates us in the present, and shapes our future …

One of the most culturally significant roads in the world, US Highway 66 (commonly referred
to as Route 66) has connected Chicago and Los Angeles since 1926. In order to explore …

Throughout the United States many small towns have been reinventing themselves as
ethnic–themed tourist towns. Scholars often do not give the culture in these towns a second …

European American ethnic festivals play an important role in the maintenance of folk
traditions and ethnic identity in America. Many of these festivals were established during a …

Purpose–The main objective of this work consists of proposing a new line of research which
consists of exploring the role of emigrants in the construction of their country of origin's …

Interconnected and overlapping, folk dramas and festivals are encapsulated cultural
performances that draw attention to themselves by being bounded in time and space. They …

The social and spatial dimensions of any settlement are widely recognised in the
international literature as having been shaped notably by art in some of the so-called cities …

As a graduate student studying art at Yale, Oscar Brousse Jacobson (1882–1966) pinned
his career on the hopes of someday opening an art school in the American West. Jacobson …

“Recent Scholarship” is now available to OAH members online. Unlike the print version,
which will continue to appear, the database provides a fully searchable list of citations and …