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Yankee colonies across America : cities upon the hills /
"Between 1786 and 1850, some 800,000 Yankees left their exhausted New England farms and villages for New York State, the Northwest Territory, and the West Coast ... In time, Yankee enclaves ... fused with others to form the White Anglo-Saxon Protestant elite (WASPs). This book describes how the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, MD :
Lexington,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Between 1786 and 1850, some 800,000 Yankees left their exhausted New England farms and villages for New York State, the Northwest Territory, and the West Coast ... In time, Yankee enclaves ... fused with others to form the White Anglo-Saxon Protestant elite (WASPs). This book describes how the Yankees began their exodus to settle the western frontier, establishing colonies across the country and bringing with them the values and institutions that make up today's America."--Back cover |
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| Notas: | "In this work, a Yankee is a person from New England ... with roots reaching back into colonial times."--Page ix |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 317 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-301) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781498519847 1498519849 1498519830 9781498519830 |