Publications

BOOKS:

Finnish Immigrant Experiences in N.America cover      Finland-Swedes in Canada book cover

The Finnish Immigrant Experience in North America, 1880-2000: Studies in Cultural Geography
, Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, NY. 2006, 167 pages.

Finland-Swedes in Canada: Migration, Settlement and Ethnic Relations, Institute of Migration Publication Series C, Turku, Finland, 2000, 266 pages.
 

MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS:

Roinila, Mika & Jouni Korkiasaari (Eds.), Finnish North Americans Today.Manuscript being written, to be published by Institute of Migration, Turku, Finland in 2010.

Gillis, Anders & Mika Roinila. Discovering the Peoples of Michigan Series: Finland-Swedes in Michigan. Michigan State University Press. Manuscript being written, to be completed in Fall 2010.


BOOK CHAPTERS:

Kivisto, Peter and Mika Roinila, “Reaction to Departure: The Finnish American Community Responds to ‘Karelian Fever’”, in Takala, Irina & Ilya Solomeshch (Eds.), North American Finns in Soviet Karelia in the 1930s. Petrozavodsk State University  Press, Petrozavodsk, Russia, 2008, pp.17-38. 

Korkiasaari, Jouni and Mika Roinila. "Finnish North-Americans Today", in Pauliina Raento (Ed.), Finnishness in Finland and North America: Constituents, Changes, and Challenges. Special Issue of the Journal of Finnish Studies, Vol.9:2, 2005, pp.98-116.

Stanley Brunn, Pauli Tapani Karjalainen, Rikard Küller, and Mika Roinila. ."The Finnish Kaamos: Escapes from Short Days and Cold Winters", in Donald Janelle, Kathy Hansen and Barney Warf (Eds.), WorldMinds: Geographic Solutions to 100 Problems. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishing, 2004, pp.105-112. 

"Losing Hard Feelings: Finns and Finland-Swedes in Canada", in Koivukangas, Olavi (Ed.), Entering Multiculturalism: Finnish Experience Abroad. Migration Studies C15, Institute of  Migration, Turku, Finland, 2002, pp.178-187.

"The Finland-Swedes in Canada: Past and Present", in Lindström, Saarinen & Vähämäki (Eds.), Melting into Great Waters: Papers from FinnForum V, Journal of Finnish Studies, Vol.1:3, 1997, pp.90-99.
 

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS:

“Finland-Swedish Experience in North America”, Journal of Finnish StudiesVol.13: 1, 2009, pp.58-66.

Roinila, Mika; Susanne Österlund-Pötzsch, & Susan Larson. “Women’s Maintenance of Finland-Swedish Identity in North America”, FinnForum VIII: Transborder Contacts  and the Maintenance of Finnishness in the Diaspora,  Mälardalen University, Eskilstuna, Sweden, 2009, pp.55-81

"Erhard J. Alm - Inventor and Entrepreneur", Scandinavian Canadian Studies, Association for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies in Canada (AASSC), University of Victoria.Vol.17:2, 2007 (published in Fall 2008), pp.70-75.

“Rifton Finns: An Ethnic Enclave in Ulster County, New York”, Ethnic Studies Review, The National Association for Ethnic Studies, California State University, Sacramento, Vol.31:1, 2008, pp.55-64.

“A Forgotten Outreach: The Finnish Salvation Army in North America”, The Journal of Finnish Studies, University of Toronto.Vol.11:1, August 2007, pp.32-46 (Printed in 2008).

“Finnish Commercial Fishermen on Lake Superior: The Rise and Fall of an Ethnic  Fishery”, Middle States Geographer, Journal of the Middle States Division - Association  of American Geographers, Vol.36, 2003, pp.25-37.

“From Monessen to Clarksburg and Beyond: The Finnish Ethnicity in Central Appalachia” Journal of Appalachian Studies, Marshall University, Huntington, WV. Vol.9:1, 2003, pp.49-67.

Roinila, Mika & Ain Haas. "The Timing and Extent of Estonian and Finnish Migration as a Factor Affecting the Immigrant Communities", in Zita McRobbie-Utasi and Connie K.So (Eds.), Proceedings of the XIIIth Conference of the Finno-Ugric Studies Assocaition of Canada. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. 2003, pp.1-14.

“New York's Urban Regions Defined by Newspaper Readership”, Applied Geography Conference Proceedings, Vol.25, 2002, pp.166-173. Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY.

"History, Achievements and Remembarence of the Louhi Band of Monessen, PA",  Middle States Geographer, Journal of the Middle States Division - Association of American Geographers, Vol.34, 2001, pp.26-37 (Printed in 2002).

"Finland-Swedes of British Columbia", Journal of Finnish Studies, University of Toronto, Vol.4:1, 2000, pp.13-36.

"Ethnic outcasts: The dilemma of not belonging for Canadian Finland-Swedes", Canadian Ethnic Studies, University of Calgary, Calgary, Vol.30:2,1998, pp.138-147.

"A Finnish run-away sailor in New Brunswick: The experiences of George (Yrjö) Laakso", Acadiensis, Vol.27:1, 1997, pp.105-108.

"Finland-Swedish immigrants in the Scandinavia Colony of Manitoba, Canada", in Terra, Vol.109:4, pp.226-231. Finnish Geographical Society, Helsinki, Finland, 1997.

"The Historic Finnish fishing community at Finn Slough, Richmond, B.C.", The Estevan Papers: Proceedings of the 19th Annual Meeting of the Prairie Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Regina Geographical Studied No.6, 1997. University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, 1997, pp.212-220.

"A Century of Change: the Rolla/Rock Lake Finnish settlement of North Dakota", in Karni, Mike (Ed.) Finnish-Americana, Vol.11, 1996, New Brighton, Minnesota, pp.32-40.

"The Finns of Atlantic Canada", Terra, Vol.103:1, 1992, pp.38-49.
 

PUBLICATIONS ON CD-ROM:

“Differences and Similarities of Finns and Finland-Swedes in America.” East Lakes Division Association of American Geographers Conference Proceedings CD-ROM. Wright State University/Miami University of Ohio, Oct.24, 2009.


BOOK REVIEWS:

Kaunonen, Gary. Finns in Michigan. Michigan State University Press, East Lansing. 2009, 123 p. Siirtolaisuus-Migration, Vol.36:3, 2009, pp.36-37.

Jakle, John. City Lights: Illuminating the American Night. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore & London, 2001, 292 p.  Material Culture, Vol.36:1, 2005.

Bale, John. Sports Geography (2nd edition), Routledge, London & New York, 2003. 196 p. Sociology of Sport Journal, Vol.21:2, 2004, pp.240-242.

Russell, Loris S. A Heritage of Light: Lamps and lighting in the early Canadian home.  University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 2003, 344 pages.  H-Net Reviews/H-Net Canada: Canadian History and Studies, May, 2003.

Gruneau, Richard and David Whitson. Hockey Night in Canada: Sport, Identities and Cultural Politics. Garamond Press, Toronto, 1993, 312 p. TheAmerican Board of Sport Psychology, November, 2002.

Zelinsky, Wilbur. The Enigma of Ethnicity: Another American Dilemma. University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, 2001,   315 p. Canadian Geographer, Vol.46:3, 2002, pp.281-283..

Saarinen, Oiva W. Between a Rock and a Hard Place; a Historical Geography of the Finns in the Sudbury Area. Wilfrid Laurier University Press,  Waterloo, Ontario. 1999.328 p. Reviewed in Terra, Helsinki, Finland. Vol.112:2, 2000, pp.112-113.

Beijar, Ekberg, Eriksson & Tandefelt. Life in two languages - the Finnish experience, Schildts Pub. Espoo, Finland, 1997, 97 p. Reviewed in The Journal of Finnish Studies, University of Toronto, Vol.4:1 2000, pp.46-48.

McRae, Kenneth. Conflict and Compromise in Multilingual Societies - Finland, Vol.3, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Waterloo, 1997, 429 p. Reviewed in Acta Sociologia, Oslo, Norway, Vol.42:2, 1999, pp.175-176.

Kero, Reino. Suureen Länteen, Suomen Siirtolaisuuden Historia Vol.1. Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, Turku, 1996. 307 p. Reviewed in Ethonologia Fennica, Vol.26, 1998, Helsinki, Finland, pp. 43-45.

Kero, Reino. Suomalaisina Pohjois-Amerikassa, Suomen Siirtolaisuuden Historia Vol.2. Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, Turku, 1997. 407 p. Reviewed in Ethnologica Fennica, Vol.26, 1998, Helsinki, Finland, pp.45-47.

Koivukangas, Olavi. Kaukomaiden Kaipuu, Suomen Siirtolaisuuden Historia Vol.4. Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, Turku, 1998. 418 p. Reviewed in Ethnologica Fennica, Vol.26, 1998, Helsinki, Finland, pp.47-49.
 

INVITED ARTICLES & BOOK CHAPTERS:

“Michiana Scandinavians”, South Bend Area Genealogical Society Quarterly. South Bend, Indiana. April, 2008. pp.6-7.  

"Swedes in Canada", Swedish Touches - Recipes and Traditions, Penfield Books, Iowa City, Iowa, 2006. pp.17-18.

"Canada as a geographical region", Encyclopedia of World Geography, Salem Press, Pasadena, California. Vol.2, 2001.pp.343-347.

"Gazetteer of Canada", Encyclopedia of World Geography, Salem Press, Pasadena, California. Vol. 2. 2001.

"Scandinavia as a geographical region", Encyclopedia of World Geography, Salem Press, Pasadena, California. Vol.5, 2001. pp.1213-1216.

"Gazetteer of Scandinavia", Encyclopedia of World Geography, Salem Press, Pasadena, California. Vol.5, 2001.
 

UNREFEREED PUBLICATIONS::

Total of over 50 articles have appeared in the following journals/magazines/newspapers: Siirtolaisuus-Migration, Swedish-American Historical Quarterly, South Bend Area Genealogical Quarterly, Helsingin Sanomat, Canadan Uutiset, Vapaa Sana, Finnish-American Reporter, Suomen Silta, Amerikan Uutiset, Finlandia Weekly, Ledstjärnan, Norden, Raivaaja, and Länsirannikon Uutiset.

For Finnish Fishermen of Lake Superior (originally published in the Finnish-American Reporter and Canadan Uutiset) in Emigrant Tracking: Finnish and Scandinavian Resources - a collection of weblinks and sites to research articles, genealogy, etc. organized by Staffan Storteir of Sydeby, Finland. Thanks to Staffan for arranging for these links!