New England's Generation The Great Migration and the Formation of Society and Culture in the Seventeenth Century

Name: New England's Generation The Great Migration and the Formation of Society and Culture in the Seventeenth Century
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ISBN: 9780521447645

ISBN-10: 052144764X

ISBN-13: 9780521447645

Edition: N/A

Authors: Virginia DeJohn Anderson

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Through analyses of the process of migration and settlement and of the symbolic meaning that participants attached to their experiences, the book tells the story of New England's origins as one of dynamism and change. Focusing on the lives of nearly 700 emigrants, the narrative examines such topics as the settlers' motives for leaving England, their experience of the voyage, their patterns of settlement in the New World, and their search for economic security in a new land. The descendants of the founders erected the story of their "great" migration into early British America's only effective foundation myth--a record of achievement that succeeding generations could never match. Rich in…

Book details

List price: $25.99
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/27/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction



Decision



Passage



Transplantation



Competency



Legacy


Appendix


Index.