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Authors of their lives the personal correspondence of British immigrants to North America in the nineteenth century

Title
Authors of their lives [electronic resource] : the personal correspondence of British immigrants to North America in the nineteenth century / David A. Gerber.
Author
Gerber, David A., 1944-
Publication
New York : New York University Press, c2006.

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Description
1 online resource (x, 422 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Authors of their lives (Online)
Alternative Title
Authors of their lives (Online)
Subject
  • British Americans > Correspondence
  • British > Canada > Correspondence
  • Immigrants > United States > Correspondence
  • Immigrants > Canada > Correspondence
  • Letter writing > History > 19th century
  • Transnationalism > History > 19th century > Sources
  • Immigrants' writings, American
  • United States > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century > Sources
  • Canada > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century > Sources
  • Great Britain > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century > Sources
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Traditions of inquiry -- Forming selves in letters -- Writing with a purpose : immigrant epistolarity and the culture of emigration -- Using postal systems : transnational networks on the edge of modernity -- Establishing voice, theme, and rhythm -- When correspondence wanes -- Thomas Spencer Niblock : a dialogue of respectability and failure -- Catherine Grayston Bond : letter-writing as the practice of existential accounting -- Mary Ann Wodrow Archbald : longing for her "little isle" from a farm in central New York -- Dr. Thomas Steel : the difficulties of achieving the reunited family.
LCCN
2005015602
OCLC
ssj0000107789
Author
Gerber, David A., 1944-
Title
Authors of their lives [electronic resource] : the personal correspondence of British immigrants to North America in the nineteenth century / David A. Gerber.
Imprint
New York : New York University Press, c2006.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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