Minnesota Historical Society Press
The EmigrantsThe Minnesota Historical Society Press is the publishing institution associated with the book’s 1995 edition: it is identified as the publisher of new material and as the parent organization of Borealis Books, the imprint under which the edition appeared.
Institutional Role
Borealis Books is identified as an imprint of the Minnesota Historical Society Press. The book’s publication information also gives the Press’s address in St. Paul, Minnesota, for permission inquiries. These details place the novel’s edition within the Press’s publishing program, rather than identifying Borealis Books as an independent publisher.
Copyright and Edition History
The publication notice distinguishes the novel’s original and translated publication history from later material in the edition. The novel is credited to Vilhelm Moberg and copyright dated 1949; its first publication was by Albert Bonniers Förlag AB in Stockholm, and the English translation is credited to Gustaf Lannestock with a 1951 copyright. New material is separately marked as copyright 1995 by the Minnesota Historical Society, with all rights reserved. The Press is therefore directly associated with the edition’s added material, while the notice preserves the earlier credits for the novel and its translation.
Significance in the Book’s Front Matter
The Press appears in the book’s legal and bibliographic framing, not as an entity in the fictional narrative. Its imprint, copyright notice, and permissions address establish the institutional provenance of this edition and distinguish its publication history from the story’s wholly fictional characters and situations.
