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The English Diaspora in North America

Migration, Ethnicity and Association, 1730s–1950s

Donald MacRaild author Tanja Bueltmann author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Manchester University Press

Published:25th Mar '19

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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.

‘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

ISBN: 9781526139597

Dimensions: 216mm x 138mm x 22mm

Weight: 585g

416 pages