Asylum for Mankind : America, 1607-1800 /

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Ever since the Age of Discovery, Europeans have viewed the New World as a haven for the victims of religious persecution and a dumping ground for social liabilities. Marilyn C. Baseler shows how the New World's role as a refuge for the victims of political, as well as religious and economic, op...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baseler, Marilyn C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
Temas:
Immigrants > United States > History.
Early American & Colonial History.
U.S. History.
HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775).
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Demographic Roots of Empire
  • 2. The Creation of the Colonial Asylum
  • 3. The Best Poor Man's Country
  • 4. Immigration and the American Revolution
  • 5. Land of Liberty: The Republican Challenge
  • 6. Republican Immigrant Policies in the 1780s
  • 7. Immigrants and Politics in the 1790s
  • 8. Asylum of Liberty: The Legacy of the Eighteenth Century
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index

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