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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Bergquist, James M.     Subjects     Immigrants -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.     United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Bergquist, James M.       by title:      Daily life in immigr...         MARC Display

Daily life in immigrant America, 1820-1870 : how the first great wave of immigrants made their way in America / James M. Bergquist. by Bergquist, James M. Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, c2009. Subjects Immigrants -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.   United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century. ISBN:  9781566638296 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1566638291 (pbk. : alk. paper) Description:  xviii, 329 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. Edition:  Rev. ed. Contents:  Preface -- Chronology -- Overview: immigration by the numbers, 1820-1870 -- Leaving home, 1820-1845 -- Across the Atlantic and into America, 1820-1845 -- Immigration at high tide, 1845-1854 -- Developing immigrant communities, 1820-1855 -- Changing immigrant cultures, 1820-1855 -- Political turmoil and war, 1850-1865 -- Into a new era, 1865-1870. Requests:  0 Summary:  Early-nineteenth-century America experienced the first wave of immigration after Independence, when Germans, Irish, English, Scandinavians, and, on the West Coast, even Chinese began to arrived in significant numbers. These new settlers had a profound impact on such national developments as westward expansion, urban growth, industrialization, city and national politics, and the Civil War.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 305.90691 Be Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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