British emigration during the early 1850s with special reference to emigration to the U.S.A

This dissertation utilizes recently developed techniques to explore with precision some basic questions that have long puzzled historians: who were the 19th-century European emigrants, and why did they emigrate? In the case of the extensive British emigration to the U.S.A. during the early 1850s, th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Van Vugt, William E.
Published: University of London 1985
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.319760