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

Bueltmann, Tanja and MacRaild, Don (2016) The English diaspora in North America: Migration, ethnicity and association, 1730s–1950s. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-1-5261-0371-0

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Abstract

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. It is assumed the English were not an ethnic community, that they lacked the alienating experiences associated with immigration and thus possessed few elements of diasporas. This deeply researched new book questions this assumption. It shows that English associations once were widespread, taking hold in colonial America, spreading to Canada and then encompassing all of the empire. Celebrating saints days, expressing pride in the monarch and national heroes, providing charity to the national poor, and forging mutual aid societies mutual, were all features of English life overseas. In fact, the English simply resembled other immigrant groups too much to be dismissed as the unproblematic, invisible immigrants.

Item Type:	Book
Subjects:	L600 Anthropology L900 Others in Social studies
Department:	Faculties > Arts, Design and Social Sciences > Humanities
Related URLs:	Publisher
Depositing User:	Becky Skoyles
Date Deposited:	12 Jan 2018 12:38
Last Modified:	12 Jan 2018 12:38
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/33096

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