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Portrait of an English migration : North Yorkshire people in North America
- Title
- Portrait of an English migration : North Yorkshire people in North America / William E. Van Vugt.
- Author
- Van Vugt, William E., 1957-
- Publication
- Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 390 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "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."--
- Series Statement
- McGill-Queen's transatlantic studies ; 4
- Uniform Title
- McGill-Queen's transatlantic studies ; 4.
- Subject
- English > United States > History
- English > Canada > History
- Immigrants > United States > History
- Immigrants > Canada > History
- Emigration and immigration
- English
- Immigrants
- North Yorkshire (England) > Emigration and immigration > History
- United States > Emigration and immigration > History
- Canada > Emigration and immigration > History
- North Yorkshire (England) > Biography
- Canada
- England > North Yorkshire
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-377) and index.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Issued also in electronic formats.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-6271
- ISBN
- 9780228005841
- 9780228005858
- 0228005841
- 022800585X
- OCLC
- 1199007320
- Author
- Van Vugt, William E., 1957- author.
- Title
- Portrait of an English migration : North Yorkshire people in North America / William E. Van Vugt.
- Publisher
- Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- McGill-Queen's transatlantic studies ; 4McGill-Queen's transatlantic studies ; 4.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-377) and index.
- Additional Formats
- Issued also in electronic formats.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Van Vugt, William E., 1957- Portrait of an English migration. Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021 0228006864 9780228006862 (OCoLC)1199009531
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-6271