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Yankeys now : immigrants in the antebellum United States, 1840-1860 /

"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...

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Main Author: Ferrie, Joseph P.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Series:NBER series on long-term factors in economic development.
Subjects:
Immigrants > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century.
History.
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300 |a xii, 223 p. :  |b ill., maps ;  |c 25 cm. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-218) and index. 
505 0 |a Immigrant origins and the "saltwater curtain" -- The data: two new samples -- The context of antebellum immigration -- The geographic mobility of immigrants after their arrival at New York -- Occupational change at arrival -- Wealth accumulation, 1840-1860 -- Economic mobility and geographic persistence, 1850-1860 -- The impact of immigration on natives, 1850-1860. 
520 1 |a "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." "Taken as a whole, Ferrie's findings demonstrate the American economy's ability to absorb additions to its workforce while also illustrating the range of opportunities available to nineteenth-century migrants drawn to the United States."--Jacket. 
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