Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Retrospective Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 1-1-2005 The orN wegian crofter : the emergence, living conditions, and disappearance of a rural underclass 1800-1930 Kari Margrethe Holth Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd Recommended Citation Holth, Kari Margrethe, "The orN wegian crofter : the emergence, living conditions, and disappearance of a rural underclass 1800-1930" (2005). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 18808. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/18808 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Retrospective Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The Norwegian crofter: The emergence, living conditions, and disappearance of a rural underclass 1800-1930 by Kari Margrethe Holth A thesis submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS Major: History Program of Study Committee: Andrejs Plakans, Major Professor Kenneth Madison Pamela Riney-Kehrberg Paul Lasley Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 2005 II Graduate College Iowa State University This is to certify that the master's thesis of Kari Margrethe Holth has met the thesis requirements of Iowa State University Signatures have been redacted