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UNINA9910157419803321 |
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Autore |
McMaster Richard K |
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Titolo |
Scotch-Irish Merchants in Colonial America [[electronic resource]] |
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Belfast, : Ulster Historical Foundation, 2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (600 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Scots-Irish - History - 18th century - United States |
Flax industry - History - 18th century - United States |
Merchants - History - 18th century |
Gender & Ethnic Studies |
Social Sciences |
Ethnic & Race Studies |
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Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) Emigration and immigration History |
Ireland Emigration and immigration History |
United States Emigration and immigration History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 "Novel Traffics"; 2 Scowbanckers and Redemptioners; 3 The Flaxseed Trade Begins; 4 Transatlantic Partners - Patterns of Trade; 5 Into the Backcountry; 6 From Ulster to the Carolinas; 7 Merchants in Politics; 8 A Scotch-Irish Boom Town; 9 Emigration at High Tide; 10 Patterns of Emigration; 11 Non-Importation, Non-Exportation, and the Flaxseed Trade; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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During the course of the eighteenth century, migration from Europe and Africa shaped the emerging consciousness and culture of the American Colonies. Whether free, bond servant, or slave, migrants brought skills and folkways from their motherlands, contributing to the agricultural and commercial development as well as to the peopling of |
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