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Yankeys nowJoseph P. Ferrie
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Yankeys now

223 pagesFirst published 19991 edition
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"The first great wave of European migration to the United States before the Civil War transformed both the migrants themselves and the country they entered. The extent of this transformation has been difficult to gauge without information on migrants before and after their departure from Europe. Yankeys Now: Immigrants in the Antebellum U.S. 1840-1860 provides the first detailed look at how these immigrants were changed by their relocation and how the American economy responded to their arrival."--BOOK JACKET. "Taken as a whole, Ferrie's findings demonstrate the American economy's ability to…

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  • Other · English · 1999
    Oxford University Press · 223 pages · 9780195109344
HistoryEmigration and immigrationImmigrantsImmigrants, united states