Authors of their lives : the personal correspondence of British immigrants to North America in the nineteenth century / / David A. Gerber.
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Gerber, David A., 1944- Authors of their lives [electronic resource] : the personal correspondence of British immigrants to North America in the nineteenth century / David A. Gerber. New York : New York University Press, c2006. x, 422 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. Traditions of inquiry -- Forming selves in letters -- Writing with a purpose : immigrant epistolarity and the culture of emigration -- Using postal systems : transnational networks on the edge of modernity -- Establishing voice, theme, and rhythm -- When correspondence wanes -- Thomas Spencer Niblock : a dialogue of respectability and failure -- Catherine Grayston Bond : letter-writing as the practice of existential accounting -- Mary Ann Wodrow Archbald : longing for her "little isle" from a farm in central New York -- Dr. Thomas Steel : the difficulties of achieving the reunited family. Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. British Americans Correspondence. British Canada Correspondence. Immigrants United States Correspondence. Immigrants Canada Correspondence. Letter writing History 19th century. Transnationalism History 19th century Sources. Immigrants' writings, American. United States Emigration and immigration History 19th century Sources. Canada Emigration and immigration History 19th century Sources. Great Britain Emigration and immigration History 19th century Sources. Electronic books. ProQuest (Firm) https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/oeawat/detail.action?docID=865491 Click to View |
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2006 |
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x, 422 p. : ill. |
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Traditions of inquiry -- Forming selves in letters -- Writing with a purpose : immigrant epistolarity and the culture of emigration -- Using postal systems : transnational networks on the edge of modernity -- Establishing voice, theme, and rhythm -- When correspondence wanes -- Thomas Spencer Niblock : a dialogue of respectability and failure -- Catherine Grayston Bond : letter-writing as the practice of existential accounting -- Mary Ann Wodrow Archbald : longing for her "little isle" from a farm in central New York -- Dr. Thomas Steel : the difficulties of achieving the reunited family. |
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Electronic books. |
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United States Emigration and immigration History 19th century Sources. Canada Emigration and immigration History 19th century Sources. Great Britain Emigration and immigration History 19th century Sources. |
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Correspondence. Sources. Electronic books. |
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19th century. 19th century |
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