Authors of their lives [[electronic resource] ] : the personal correspondence of British immigrants to North America in the nineteenth century / / David A. Gerber |
Autore | Gerber David A. <1944-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (432 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.5/092/241 |
Soggetto topico |
British Americans
British - Canada Immigrants - United States Immigrants - Canada Letter writing - History - 19th century Transnationalism - History - 19th century Immigrants' writings, American |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-8147-3272-0
0-8147-3321-2 1-4294-1413-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Traditions of inquiry -- Forming selves in letters -- Writing with a purpose : immigrant epistolarity and the culture of emigration -- Using postal systems : transnational networks on the edge of modernity -- Establishing voice, theme, and rhythm -- When correspondence wanes -- Thomas Spencer Niblock : a dialogue of respectability and failure -- Catherine Grayston Bond : letter-writing as the practice of existential accounting -- Mary Ann Wodrow Archbald : longing for her "little isle" from a farm in central New York -- Dr. Thomas Steel : the difficulties of achieving the reunited family. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452055503321 |
Gerber David A. <1944-> | ||
New York, : New York University Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Authors of their lives [[electronic resource] ] : the personal correspondence of British immigrants to North America in the nineteenth century / / David A. Gerber |
Autore | Gerber David A. <1944-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (432 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.5/092/241 |
Soggetto topico |
British Americans
British - Canada Immigrants - United States Immigrants - Canada Letter writing - History - 19th century Transnationalism - History - 19th century Immigrants' writings, American |
ISBN |
0-8147-3272-0
0-8147-3321-2 1-4294-1413-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Traditions of inquiry -- Forming selves in letters -- Writing with a purpose : immigrant epistolarity and the culture of emigration -- Using postal systems : transnational networks on the edge of modernity -- Establishing voice, theme, and rhythm -- When correspondence wanes -- Thomas Spencer Niblock : a dialogue of respectability and failure -- Catherine Grayston Bond : letter-writing as the practice of existential accounting -- Mary Ann Wodrow Archbald : longing for her "little isle" from a farm in central New York -- Dr. Thomas Steel : the difficulties of achieving the reunited family. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777604703321 |
Gerber David A. <1944-> | ||
New York, : New York University Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Authors of their lives : the personal correspondence of British immigrants to North America in the nineteenth century / / David A. Gerber |
Autore | Gerber David A. <1944-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (432 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.5/092/241 |
Soggetto topico |
British Americans
British - Canada Immigrants - United States Immigrants - Canada Letter writing - History - 19th century Transnationalism - History - 19th century Immigrants' writings, American |
ISBN |
0-8147-3272-0
0-8147-3321-2 1-4294-1413-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Traditions of inquiry -- Forming selves in letters -- Writing with a purpose : immigrant epistolarity and the culture of emigration -- Using postal systems : transnational networks on the edge of modernity -- Establishing voice, theme, and rhythm -- When correspondence wanes -- Thomas Spencer Niblock : a dialogue of respectability and failure -- Catherine Grayston Bond : letter-writing as the practice of existential accounting -- Mary Ann Wodrow Archbald : longing for her "little isle" from a farm in central New York -- Dr. Thomas Steel : the difficulties of achieving the reunited family. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814025103321 |
Gerber David A. <1944-> | ||
New York, : New York University Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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