Leaving England: Essays on British Emigration in the Nineteenth Century
Frontmatter --Contents --Tables --Preface --Introduction: Leaving England --1. Agrarian Myths of English Immigrants --2. British Immigrants in the Old Northwest, 1815-1860 --3. Who Were the English and Scots Emigrants to the United States in the Late Nineteenth Century? --4. Emigration from the British Isles to the United States of America in 1831 --5. Depression Emigrants: Who Went Where from the British Isles in 1841? --6. Was the American West a Safety Valve for Lancashire? --7. Englishwomen in America in the Nineteenth Century: Expectations and Reality --Index