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Auteur(s) : Van Vugt, William E. (1957-....)
Titre(s) : Portrait of an English migration [Texte imprimé] : North Yorkshire people in North America / William E. Van Vugt
Publication : Montreal (Québec) : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xiii, 390 pages) : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Collection : McGill-Queen's transatlantic studies ; 4
Lien à la collection : McGill-Queen's transatlantic studies
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references p. 363-377 and index
"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."
Sujet(s) : Anglais -- Amérique du Nord -- Histoire
Émigration et immigration -- North Yorkshire (GB) -- Histoire
Émigration et immigration -- Canada -- Histoire
Émigration et immigration -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780228005841. - ISBN 9780228005858. - ISBN 0228005841. - ISBN 022800585X
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46698402x
Notice n° :
FRBNF46698402
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