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The English Diaspora in North America. Migration, Ethnicity and Association, 1730s-1950s.
Bueltmann, Tanja; Macraild, Donald
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Hardback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 6 maps, Halftones, black & white|Maps|Graphs. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 757.
Ethnic associations were once vibrant features of societies, such as the United States and Canada, which attracted large numbers of immigrants. While the transplanted cultural lives of the Irish, Scots and continental Europeans have received much attention, the English are far less widely explored. It is assumed the English were not an ethnic community, that they lacked the alienating experiences associated with immigration and thus possessed few elements of diasporas. This deeply researched new book questions this assumption. It shows that English associations once were widespread, taking hold in colonial America, spreading to Canada and then encompassing all of the ... Read more
Ethnic associations were once vibrant features of societies, such as the United States and Canada, which attracted large numbers of immigrants. While the transplanted cultural lives of the Irish, Scots and continental Europeans have received much attention, the English are far less widely explored. It is assumed the English were not an ethnic community, that they lacked the alienating experiences associated with immigration and thus possessed few elements of diasporas. This deeply researched new book questions this assumption. It shows that English associations once were widespread, taking hold in colonial America, spreading to Canada and then encompassing all of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781526103710
SKU
V9781526103710
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About Bueltmann, Tanja; Macraild, Donald
Tanja Bueltmann is Associate Professor in History at Northumbria University Donald M. MacRaild is Professor of British and Irish History at University of Roehampton -- .
Reviews for The English Diaspora in North America. Migration, Ethnicity and Association, 1730s-1950s.
‘This carefully researched and well-documented book will serve as a major source of reference for English ethnic associations in North America.’ D. A. Chekki, University of Winnipeg, Choice, September 2017 'It is clear that Bueltmann and MacRaild have lessened the invisibility of English associations in North America: they have provided a model of highly focused investigative research that will ... Read more