Britain to America : mid-nineteenth-century immigrants to the United States

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Britain to America : mid-nineteenth-century immigrants to the United States

William E. Van Vugt

(Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island centennial series)

University of Illinois Press, c1999

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-233) and index

Contents of Works

  • 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

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