The Westfalians : From Germany to Missouri /

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The author offers many new insights for students of migration and ethnicity across several social science disciplines. Focusing on the ordinary immigrants who have often been ignored in the historical record, he demonstrates that German newcomers arrived with fewer resources than previously supposed...

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Autor principal: Kamphoefner, Walter D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1987]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Immigrants.
German Americans.
Emigration and immigration.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Immigrants > Missouri > History > 19th century.
German Americans > Missouri > History > 19th century.
Missouri.
Germany > Westphalia.
Missouri > Émigration et immigration > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Westphalia (Germany) > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century.
Missouri > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FIGURES
  • TABLES
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION. Not Uprooting But Reunion: The Significance of Chain Migration in the Immigrant Experience
  • CHAPTER I. At the Crossroads of Economic Development: Background Factors Affecting Emigration from Northwest Germany
  • CHAPTER II. Poor But Not Destitute: Personal Characteristics and Motivating Factors
  • CHAPTER III. Transplanted Villages: The Effects of Chain Migration on Regional Distribution and Settlement Patterns of German-Americans
  • CHAPTER IV. Native and Adoptive Americans: The Extent of Acculturation in Social Patterns and Agricultural Practices
  • CHAPTER V. Detours and Shortcuts on the Way to a Farm: Occupational and Geographic Mobility from Westfalia to Missouri
  • CHAPTER VI. Westfalians and Other Immigrants: Chain Migration and Acculturation in Comparative Perspective
  • APPENDIX A. Sources and Coding Procedures for Emigrant List Data
  • APPENDIX B. Use of Census Data and Procedures of Matching with Emigrant Lists
  • APPENDIX C. Data and Calculation Procedures for Figure 1.1
  • INDEX
  • Backmatter.

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