Publications

     

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

MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS:

Mika Roinila. Finland-Swedes in Michigan - Discovering the Peoples of Michigan Series. Michigan State University Press. Manuscript being written, to be published in 2011.

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:

“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.

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 19^th 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:

"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, Länsirannikon Uutiset, Scandinavian Press, FinnFax (Colorado Finlandia Foundation Newsletter), AASSC Newsletter (Association for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies in Canada), Historical Papers of the Canadian Society for Church History, and the Salvation Army War Cry.

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!