Leaving England: essays on British emigration in the nineteenth century

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Label

Leaving England: essays on British emigration in the nineteenth century

Creator

• Erickson, Charlotte, 1923-2008

Subject

• British Americans -- History -- 19th century
• Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration | History -- 19th century
• Immigrants -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• United States -- Emigration and immigration | History -- 19th century

Language

eng

Summary

The British Isles provided more overseas settlers than any country in continental Europe during the nineteenth century, but English emigrants to North America have remained largely invisible, partly for lack of records about their departure or their experiences. In this book Charlotte Erickson uses new sources to understand this long-neglected group and the nature of their lives in a new land

Cataloging source

UkLiU

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction