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From British peasants to colonial American farmers / Allan Kulikoff.

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An interpretation of the origins and development of the small farm economy in Britain's mainland American colonies. Examining the lives of farmers and their families, it tells the story of immigration to the colonies, traces patterns of settlement, and analyzes the growth of markets.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Kulikoff, Allan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2000.
Subjects:
United States > Economic conditions > To 1865.
Great Britain > Economic conditions > 18th century.
Great Britain > Economic conditions > 17th century.
Europe > Economic conditions > 18th century.
Europe > Economic conditions > 17th century.
Agriculture > Economic aspects > United States > History.
Agriculture > Economic aspects > Great Britain > History.
Agriculture > Economic aspects > Europe > History.
Farm tenancy > United States > History.
Farm tenancy > Great Britain > History.
Farm tenancy > Europe > History.
United States > Emigration and immigration > History.
Agriculture > Economic aspects.
Economic history.
Emigration and immigration.
Farm tenancy.
Europe.
Great Britain.
United States.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • From peasants to farmers
  • The remaking of rural England
  • ch. 1. From England to America
  • ch. 2. This newfound land
  • ch. 3. New lands, new peoples
  • ch. 4. Deprivation, desire, and emigration
  • ch. 5. Markets and farm households in early America
  • The Farmers' War and its aftermath
  • Toward a farmers' nation.

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