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UNINA9910798883503321 |
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Autore |
Cowan Helen I. |
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Titolo |
British emigration to British North America : the first hundred years / / Helen I. Cowan |
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Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1961 |
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©1961 |
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ISBN |
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1-4426-3772-2 |
1-4426-5317-5 |
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Edizione |
[Revised and enlarged edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (340 pages) : illustrations, map, tables |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Emigration and immigration |
History |
Electronic books. |
Great Britain Emigration and immigration History |
Canada Emigration and immigration History |
United States Emigration and immigration History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foreword -- Introduction -- Settlement for Trade and Defence, 1765-1815 -- Unemployment, Overpopulation, Emigration -- The Rising Tide: To the Military Settlements, 1815-1830 -- The Rising Tide: To the Irish Settlements, 1823-1845 -- New Needs and New Theories -- Colonization Leaders and Colonization Companies -- The Emigrant Ship and the Emigrant Trade, 1815-1860 -- The Great Emigrations, 1830-1860 -- Help for the Needy Emigrant -- The Triumph of Laissez-Faire. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book is an attempt to give students and general readers something of the story of the outpouring of British subjects who peopled British North America in the years before Confederation. |
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