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Our Foreigners, Vol. 35 (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Sweet, Henry Peter

 
9781440080319: Our Foreigners, Vol. 35 (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

Discover how waves of immigrants transformed early America and the towns we know today. This edition traces the long, comet-like rise of foreign settlers from England and Ireland to German-speaking lands, and shows how their labor, ideas, and culture shaped the American colonies and early republic. It presents a broad panorama of motives, routes, and communities without getting lost in a single locale or era.

The narrative frames immigration as a story of economics, politics, and religion in Europe and the Atlantic world. It explains why people left their homelands, how they traveled, and how they built lives in towns, farms, and growing cities. You’ll see how different groups kept touch with their roots while adapting to a new landscape, and how their presence influenced labor, schooling, and public life.


  • How English, German, and other settlers arrived and settled in early America

  • Effects of economic and political pressures on who came and where they settled

  • Ways immigrant communities kept customs while integrating into American life

  • How immigration shaped work, education, and social structures across regions



Ideal for readers of history and social change who want a clear, expansive view of immigration’s long reach in the United States.

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