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Becoming German : the 1709 Palatine migration to New York /

"Becoming German tells the story of the largest and earliest mass movement of German-speaking immigrants to America. The so-called Palatine migration of 1709 began in the western part of the Holy Roman Empire, where perhaps as many as thirty thousand people left their homes, lured by rumors tha...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Otterness, Philip
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2004.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 1. "A particularly deceptive spirit": The German southwest, 1709
  • 2. "The poor Palatine refugees": London, spring-summer 1709
  • 3. "A parcel of vagabonds": London, summer-winter 1709
  • 4. "A deplorable sickly condition": New York City, 1710
  • 5. "They will not listen to tar making": the Hudson Valley, 1710-1712
  • 6. "The promis'd land": the Schoharie Valley, 1712-1722
  • 7. "A nation which is neither French, nor English, nor Indian": The Mohawk Valley, 1723-1757.