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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459920503321

Autore

Errington Elizabeth Jane <1951->

Titolo

Emigrant worlds and transatlantic communities [[electronic resource] ] : migration to Upper Canada in the first half of the nineteenth century / / Elizabeth Jane Errington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2007

ISBN

1-282-86608-7

9786612866081

0-7735-7561-8

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic text (xii, 244 p. : ill., map) : digital file

Collana

McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two ; ; 24

Disciplina

306.85086/9120941

Soggetti

British - Kinship - Ontario - History - 19th century

Immigrants - Family relationships - Ontario - History - 19th century

Families - Ontario - History - 19th century

Immigrants - Ontario

Electronic books.

Ontario Emigration and immigration History 19th century

Great Britain Emigration and immigration History 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

To go or not to go -- Bustle of preparation --Nether world on the Atlantic -- Into the "strange land" -- Transatlantic webs of kin and community -- Conclusion -- Note on sources: reading and writing about the emigrants' world.