Portrait of an English migration : North Yorkshire people in North America / William E. Van Vugt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Vugt, William E., 1957- author.

Series:

McGill-Queen's Transatlantic Studies ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--United States--History.

Immigrants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 390 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Portrait of an English Migration recounts the history of those who left North Yorkshire for North America between the eighteenth century and the early twentieth century. Focusing on individual stories of migrants and their families, this book provides many personal glimpses of the migration experience of those who left England's largest county to build new lives in the United States and Canada. Exploring the local history, geography, and cultures of Yorkshire and the key places of settlement in North America, William Van Vugt deepens our understanding of the historic migration process: how local conditions and access to information influenced migration decisions, the role of local networks in migration patterns, and the significance of family connections, religious identities, and land ownership to the migrants themselves. He considers the extent to which English migrants shaped regional culture and contributed to economic development, addressing ongoing questions about identity and what it meant to be English in North America. Full of first-person accounts and stories from migrants themselves, Portrait of an English Migration is both a sweeping history of two centuries of migration and an intimate look at the lives of generations of Yorkshire people who crossed the ocean to make a new home."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Origins

Beginnings

After the Revolution

Lead

Leaving

The Journey

The Upper Mississippi

Adjustment and Assimilation

Mining and Smelting

Upper Canada

Farming

Iowa

Native Americans

Religion

The Gold Rush

Politics, Reform, and War

The Steamship

The Post-War Economy

Farming after the War

The Great Plains

Texas

Canada

Conclusion and Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780228006879

0228006872

9780228006862

0228006864

OCLC:

1199009531