The English diaspora in North America : Migration, ethnicity and association, 1730s-1950s.

Ethnic associations were once vibrant features of societies, such as the United States and Canada, which attracted large numbers of immigrants. While the transplanted cultural lives of the Irish, Scots and continental Europeans have received much attention, the English are far less widely explored....

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Main Author: Bueltmann, Tanja
Other Authors: MacRaild, Donald M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781526103727
1526103729
9781526103734
1526103737
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; The English diaspora in North America; Contents; List of maps ; List of figures ; List of tables ; Acknowledgements ; List of abbreviations ; Introduction: ethnic associationalism and an English diaspora; 1 The origins and development of the English diaspora in North America; 2 Elite associations: from loc al to transnational; 3 Independent and sectarian: working-class English associational culture; 4 Ethnic activities and leisure cultures; 5 Charity and mutual aid: the pillars of English associations; 6 English, Scots and Germans compared: British and continental perspectives.
  • 7 The making of a global diasporaConclusion; Appendix 1 North American cities and towns with St George's societies and other English associations; Appendix 2 Lodges of the Order of the Sons of St George, 1885; Appendix 3 Lodges of the Sons of England, 1896; Bibliography; Index.