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Immigrants in the Valley : Irish, Germans, and Americans in the Upper Mississippi Country, 1830-1860 / Mark Wyman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wyman, Mark, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- German Americans--Mississippi River Valley--History--19th century.
- German Americans.
- Irish Americans--Mississippi River Valley--History--19th century.
- Irish Americans.
- Mississippi River Valley--History--1803-1865.
- Mississippi River Valley.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (284 pages)
- Edition:
- Southern Illinois University Press paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale, [Illinois] : Southern Illinois University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- Thousands of newcomers flocked into the Upper Mississippi country in the decades leading up to the Civil War.Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, and Minnesota received immigrants from most areas of Europe, as well as Americans from the Upper South, New England, and the Middle Atlantic states.
- Contents:
- The prairie as a land of hope
- From the Irish island
- Auswanderers
- Needed: laborers
- Saving "this dark valley"
- A land without a sabbath
- Whiskey and lager bier
- The politicians.
- Notes:
- Originally published: 1984.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8093-3557-3
- OCLC:
- 965350230
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