| Author | Van Vugt, William E.
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| Title | Britain to America : mid-nineteenth-century immigrants to the United States / William E. Van Vugt.
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| Published | Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1999.
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| Description | xi, 241 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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| Series | Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial series
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| ISBN | 0-252-02451-6 (acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 0-252-06757-6 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-233) and index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: 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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| Subjects | 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.
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| LC Card Number | 98-25460 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: E 184 B7 V284
mq177878: LC class, open stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 109464] |
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