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Portrait of an English migration : North Yorkshire people in North America /

"Portrait of an English Migration recounts the history of those who left North Yorkshire for North America between the eighteenth century and the early twentieth century. Focusing on individual stories of migrants and their families, this book provides many personal glimpses of the migration ex...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Van Vugt, William E., 1957- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]
Colección:McGill-Queen's transatlantic studies ; 4.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1 Origins
  • 2 Beginnings
  • 3 After the Revolution
  • 4 Lead
  • 5 Leaving
  • 6 The Journey
  • 7 The Upper Mississippi
  • 8 Adjustment and Assimilation
  • 9 Mining and Smelting
  • 10 Upper Canada
  • 11 Farming
  • 12 Iowa
  • 13 Native Americans
  • 14 Religion
  • 15 The Gold Rush
  • 16 Politics, Reform, and War
  • 17 The Steamship
  • 18 The Post-War Economy
  • 19 Farming after the War
  • 20 The Great Plains
  • 21 Texas
  • 22 Canada
  • Conclusion and Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.