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Britain to America : mid-nineteenth-century immigrants to the United States William E. Van Vugt
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E184.B7 V36 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Van Vugt, William E.
- Series:
- Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Immigrants--United States--History--19th century.
- Immigrants.
- British Americans--History--19th century.
- British Americans.
- Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.
- Great Britain.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 241 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1999.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- "A motley set"
- Emigrant farmers
- Britons in American agriculture
- Immigrants from industry and crafts
- Miners
- The Welsh
- The elite: merchants, professionals, and "gentlemen"
- Women
- Becoming Americans: religion, the Civil War, and institutions
- Conclusion
- Appendixes
- Notes
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-233) and index.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives
- ISBN:
- 0252067576 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
- 0252024516 (acid-free paper)
- OCLC:
- 39455843
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