Cargando…

Ulster to America : the Scots-Irish migration experience, 1680-1830 /

In Ulster to America: The Scots-Irish Migration Experience, 1680-1830, editor Warren R. Hofstra has gathered contributions from pioneering scholars who are rewriting the history of the Scots-Irish. In addition to presenting fresh information based on thorough and detailed research, they offer cuttin...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hofstra, Warren R., 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 2012.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: From the North of Ireland to North America: The Scots-Irish and the Migration Experience; Searching for a New World: The Background and Baggage of Scots-Irish Immigrants; Searching for Land: The Role of New Castle, Delaware, 1720s-1770s; Searching for Order: Donegal Springs, Pennsylvania, 1720s-1730s; Searching for Community: Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1750s-1780s; Searching for Peace and Prosperity: Opequon Settlement, Virginia, 1730s-1760s; Searching for Status: Virginia's Irish Tract, 1770s-1790s.
  • Searching for Security: Backcountry Carolina, 1760s-1780sSearching for "Irish" Freedom--Settling for "Scotch-Irish" Respectability: Southwestern Pennsylvania, 1780-1810; Searching for Independence: Revolutionary Kentucky, Irish American Experience, and Scotch-Irish Myth, 1770s-1790s; Afterword: Historic Political Moderation in the Ulster-to-America Diaspora; Contributors; Index.