Title
Boston's Immigrants 1790-1865
Subtitle
A Study in Acculturation
From the Publisher: "In 1790 Boston was a well-to-do but economically stagnant commercial center, inhabited by a culturally homogeneous population. By 1860 it had become an industrial metropolis, torn by intergroup hatreds and conflicts arising out of the influx of thousands of foreigners." This book examines the influx of the largest immigrant group at the time, the Irish vis-a-vis all other groups. Discusses the "Know-Nothing Movement" and its dissolution during the Civil War. 287 pages and illustrations (incl. maps, plans, tables diagrams). Inside front cover contains the signature of Gordon S. Dawber, Leverett House, Harvard College.
Publisher
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press
Collection
Lawrence History Center Library
Rights
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Date (coverage)
1790-1865