Memories of Carolinian immigrants : autobiographies, diaries, and letters from colonial times to the present / edited by Andreas Lixl.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lixl-Purcell, Andreas, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--South Carolina--Biography.

Immigrants.

Immigrants--North Carolina--Biography.

South Carolina--Biography.

South Carolina.

North Carolina--Biography.

North Carolina.

South Carolina--Emigration and immigration--History--Sources.

North Carolina--Emigration and immigration--History--Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press Of America, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This anthology presents personal narratives and historical photographs that illuminate the diversity of immigrant experiences in North and South Carolina since 1700. The broad focus of the book encompasses all walks of life and documents three centuries of social, political, artistic, and cultural history. This is a book about identity and remembrance. This anthology presents personal narratives and historical photographs that illuminate the diversity of immigrant experiences in North and South Carolina since 1700. The broad focus of the book encompasses all walks of life and documents three centuries of social, political, artistic, and cultural history. The chapters follow historical timelines starting with colonial experiences leading up to the American Revolution, followed by immigrant accounts before and during the Civil War, experiences in the New South, and memories of twentieth century immigrants and the most recent arrivals. The common denominators of the autobiographies, diaries, and letters hinge on the confluence of American patriotism and immigrant pride, coupled with old world loyalties and new world ambitions that reflect the demographic shift from European to Asian and Hispanic immigrants in the American Southeast.

Contents:

Part 1 Recollections of Colonial Immigrants-Christoph von Graffenried: Account of the Founding of New Bern; Robert Witherspoon: Memories of a South Carolinian Settler; James Murray: Letters from a Scottish Pioneer; Olaudah Equiano: An African's Account; August Part 2 Memories of Revolution, Peace, and War 1776-1865-Christiana Teulon: Declaration of a Revolutionary War Widow; Joseph Salvador: Letter from Charleston; The Confession of Monday Gell; Chang and Eng Bunker: Family Letters; Omar ibn Said: Autobiography of a Part 3 New Carolinians in the New South 1865-1938-Nicholas Said: Memories of an African Muslim; John Wagener: South Carolina: Home of the Industrious Immigrant; Nettie McCormick Henley: Scottish Legacies; Louis Philippe Guigou: Waldensian Trail of FaithGeorge M Part 4 Modern Day Memories of Carolinian Immigrants-Max Heller: Memories of a Greenville Mayor; Durba Ahmed: Not as American as Apple Pie; Gisela Hood: Cold War Bride; The Khalid Family: Every Place That You Call Yours Is God's; Kwame Dawes: A Jamaican Father;

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-256) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-47965-2

9786612479656

0-7618-4415-5

OCLC:

430195567