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Author Bailyn, Bernard.

Title Voyagers to the West : a passage in the peopling of America on the eve of the Revolution / Bernard Bailyn, with the assistance of Barbara DeWolfe.

Publication Info. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1986.

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Location Call No. Status
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  325.109 B159.7    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  304.873 B15    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  304.873 B161V    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xxvii, 667 pages, 36 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents pt. I. Background : the magnet of the West. An expanded world, 1760-1776 ; The dilemma of British policy ; Searching for the facts : the origin and character of the register of emigrants -- pt. II. Dimensions. Magnitudes, locations, and flow ; Identities and motivations : the dual emigrations ; Arrivals and destinations -- pt. III. Mobilizing a labor force. The demand ; Sources ; Recruitment ; Sales and distribution -- pt. IV. Peopling the peripheral lands : the extremities. Yorkshire and the Maritime Northeast ; Failure in Xanadu ; Gulf and delta -- pt. V. Peopling the peripheral lands : the great inland arc. North Carolina : the wreck of the Bachelor ; Georgia : exploiting the ceded lands ; New York : swarming to the north.
Subject Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 18th century.
North America -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 18th century.
Immigrants -- North America -- History -- 18th century.
British -- North America -- History -- 18th century.
Added Author DeWolfe, Barbara.
ISBN 0394515692
9780394515694
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