British emigration, 1603-1914
By: Alexander Murdoch.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: British -- Foreign countries -- History; Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- History
Description: "While British emigration is often portrayed as central to the development of the British empire, its principal destination, the United States, is least known in its history. British Emigration 1603-1914 is intended to discuss that essential characteristic of the phenomenon in relation to competing traditions of British and Irish identity."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-158) and index.