Ulster to America: the Scots-Irish migration experience, 1680-1830
Introduction: From the north of Ireland to North America: the Scots-Irish and the migration experience / Warren R. Hofstra -- Searching for a new world: the background and baggage of Scots-Irish immigrants / David W. Miller -- Searching for land: the role of New Castle, Delaware, 1720s-1770s / Maria...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Knoxville
University of Tennessee Press
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Hofstra, Warren R., Ulster to America: The Scots-Irish Migration Experience, 1680–1830] (2013) (Landsman, Ned)
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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Scots language
Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland)
History
B Scots language Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) History 18th century B Scots-Irish (United States) History 18th century B United States Emigration and immigration History B Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) Emigration and immigration History B Scots-Irish (United States) History B United States Emigration and immigration History 18th century B Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) Emigration and immigration History 18th century |
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| Summary: | Introduction: From the north of Ireland to North America: the Scots-Irish and the migration experience / Warren R. Hofstra -- Searching for a new world: the background and baggage of Scots-Irish immigrants / David W. Miller -- Searching for land: the role of New Castle, Delaware, 1720s-1770s / Marianne S. Wokeck -- Searching for order: Donegal Springs, Pennsylvania, 1720s-1730s -- Richard K. MacMaster -- Searching for community: Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1750s-1780s / Richard K. MacMaster -- Searching for peace and prosperity: Opequon settlement, Virginia, 1730s-1760s / Warren R. Hofstra -- Searching for status: Virginia's Irish tract, 1770s-1790s / Katharine L. Brown and Kenneth W. Keller -- Searching for security: backcountry Carolina, 1760s-1780s / Michael Montgomery -- Searching for "Irish" freedom-settling for "Scotch-Irish" respectability: southwestern Pennsylvania, 1780-1810 / Peter Gilmore and Kerby A. Miller -- Searching for independence: revolutionary Kentucky, Irish American experience, and Scotch-Irish myth, 1770s-1790s / Patrick Griffin -- Afterword: historic political moderation in the Ulster-to-America diaspora / Robert M. Calhoon |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1572337540 |