The English Diaspora in North America: Migration, Ethnicity and Association, 1730s-1950s

Description

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 commu

Tanja Bueltmann is Associate Professor in History at Northumbria University Donald M. MacRaild is Professor of British and Irish History at University of Roehampton -- .

'This carefully researched and well-documented book will serve as a major source of reference for English ethnic associations in North America.' D. A. Chekki, University of Winnipeg, Choice, September 2017 'It is clear that Bueltmann and MacRaild have lessened the invisibility of English associations in North America: they have provided a model of highly focused investigative research that will not need repeating.' Journal of British Studies -- .