| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 317 pages) |
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text file |
| Note |
"In this work, a Yankee is a person from New England ... with roots reaching back into colonial times."--Page ix |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-301) and index. |
| Contents |
Yankees in exile -- Yankee New York -- Rufus Putnam : founder and father of Ohio -- The promised land of the Connecticut Western Reserve -- Michigan -- Illinois -- Wisconsin -- Minnesota : the New England of the West -- Missouri -- Kansas and Nebraska -- Iowa and the Dakotas -- California and the Gold Rush -- The Pacific Northwest -- Yankees in the South -- Yankees abroad : slaves, rum, opium, and religion -- Hawaii -- Land speculation and railroads -- Spreading the word -- New England loses its industries -- Those who stayed behind -- Brahmins of the West. |
| Summary |
"Between 1786 and 1850, some 800,000 Yankees left their exhausted New England farms and villages for New York State, the Northwest Territory, and the West Coast ... In time, Yankee enclaves ... fused with others to form the White Anglo-Saxon Protestant elite (WASPs). This book describes how the Yankees began their exodus to settle the western frontier, establishing colonies across the country and bringing with them the values and institutions that make up today's America."--Back cover |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
New Englanders -- Migrations.
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New Englanders. |
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New England -- Biography.
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New England. |
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Biographies.
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New England -- Civilization.
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Civilization. |
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New Englanders -- Middle West.
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Middle West. |
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New Englanders -- West (U.S.)
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Pioneers -- United States -- Biography.
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United States. |
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United States -- Territorial expansion -- History.
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Pioneers. |
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Territorial expansion. |
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Migration, Internal -- United States -- History.
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History. |
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WASPs (Persons) -- Biography.
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WASPs (Persons) |
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WASPs (Persons) -- United States -- History.
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Migration, Internal. |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. |
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Americans. |
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West United States. |
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Yankee colonies across America. Lanham, MD : Lexington, 2015 9781498519830 (DLC) 2015955904 |
| ISBN |
9781498519847 (ebook) |
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1498519849 |
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1498519830 |
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9781498519830 |
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9781498519830 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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