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Daily life in immigrant America, 1820-1870 James M. Bergquist
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks JV 6453 .B47 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bergquist, James M.
- Series:
- Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series. Daily life in the United States
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.
- United States.
- Immigrants--United States--Social life and customs--19th century.
- Immigrants.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 306 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- Overview: immigration by the numbers, 1820-1870
- Leaving home, 1820-1845
- Across the Atlantic and into America, 1820-1845
- Immigration at high tide, 1845-1854
- Developing immigrant communities, 1820-1855
- Changing immigrant cultures, 1820-1855
- Political turmoil and war, 1850-1865
- Into a new era, 1865-1870.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-299) and index.
- Local Notes:
- HSP copy inscribed to the Balch Institute and HSP by author.
- The Balch Institute Ethnic Studies Collection.
- ISBN:
- 9780313336980 (alk. paper)
- 0313336989 (alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 167764158
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