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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453033603321

Autore

Grubb Farley Ward <1954-, >

Titolo

German immigration and servitude in America, 1709-1920 / / Farley Grubb

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

0-203-81050-3

1-283-88802-5

1-136-68251-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (455 p.)

Collana

Routledge explorations in economic history ; ; 53

Disciplina

973/.0431

Soggetti

German Americans - History

Immigrants - United States - History

Indentured servants - United States - History

German Americans

Immigrants - United States

Indentured servants - United States

Electronic books.

Germany Emigration and immigration History

United States Emigration and immigration History

Germany Emigration and immigration Statistics

United States Emigration and immigration Statistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. German immigration to America, 1709-1835 -- pt. II. German immigrant servitude in America, 1745-1835 -- pt. III. Epilogue : German immigration to the U.S., 1820-1920 : from founding migration to mass migration.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides the most comprehensive history of German migration to North America for the period 1709 to 1920 than has been done before. Employing state-of-the-art methodological and statistical techniques, the book has two objectives. First he explores how the recruitment and shipping markets for immigrants were set up, determining what the voyage was like in terms of the health outcomes



for the passengers, and identifying the characteristics of the immigrants in terms of family, age, and occupational compositions and educational attainments. Secondly he details how immigrant servitud