Scotch-Irish Merchants in Colonial America [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: McMaster Richard K
• Pubblicazione: Belfast, : Ulster Historical Foundation, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (600 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.308
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) Emigration and immigration History; Ireland Emigration and immigration History; United States Emigration and immigration History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 North America. Emigrants from Ulster, the northern province of Ireland, did all of this and more. Ulster exported an economy. This new book tells the story of the transatlantic links between Ulster and America in the eighteenth century. The author draw
• Titolo autorizzato: Scotch-Irish Merchants in Colonial America
• ISBN: 1-908448-12-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910157419803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II