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Kamphoefner The Westfalians
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From Germany to Missouri
E-Book, Englisch, Band 816, 232 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5889-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
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FrontMatter, pg. i
CONTENTS, pg. vii
FIGURES, pg. ix
TABLES, pg. xi
PREFACE, pg. xiii
INTRODUCTION. Not Uprooting But Reunion: The Significance of Chain Migration in the Immigrant Experience, pg. 1
CHAPTER I. At the Crossroads of Economic Development: Background Factors Affecting Emigration from Northwest Germany, pg. 12
CHAPTER II. Poor But Not Destitute: Personal Characteristics and Motivating Factors, pg. 40
CHAPTER III. Transplanted Villages: The Effects of Chain Migration on Regional Distribution and Settlement Patterns of German-Americans, pg. 70
CHAPTER IV. Native and Adoptive Americans: The Extent of Acculturation in Social Patterns and Agricultural Practices, pg. 106
CHAPTER V. Detours and Shortcuts on the Way to a Farm: Occupational and Geographic Mobility from Westfalia to Missouri, pg. 135
CHAPTER VI. Westfalians and Other Immigrants: Chain Migration and Acculturation in Comparative Perspective, pg. 170
APPENDIX A. Sources and Coding Procedures for Emigrant List Data, pg. 201
APPENDIX B. Use of Census Data and Procedures of Matching with Emigrant Lists, pg. 204
APPENDIX C. Data and Calculation Procedures for Figure 1.1, pg. 207
INDEX, pg. 211