"Too Little to Live and Too Much to Die" The Burgenländers' Immigration to the United States During the Interwar Period

This paper explores the history of a group of immigrants that came to the United States from the small rural Austrian region of the Burgenland between World War One and World War Two. By examining several biographical life stories of contemporaries it wants explain why the emigrants decided to leave their country, how they managed their passage, how they assimilated to their adopted‐home, and how they integrated themselves into the new society.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Year

2010

Author dc:creator

• Strobl, Philipp

Contributors dc:contributor

• Bischof, Gunter
• Dupont, Robert L.
• Savage, William

• Atlantic Passage
• Austria
• Burgenländers
• immigration
• immigration laws
• Interwar Period

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1247

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.uno.edu:td-2230