Britons to America

This book breaks new ground in the study of British emigration to the United States from the 1860s to the 1930s through the analysis of oral histories from English, Scottish and Welsh emigrants collected during the Great Depression era by the Federal Writers' Project and Ellis Island Museum.

Autorentext

Mario Varricchio holds a doctorate in English Studies from the University of Florence and a PhD in History from the University of Edinburgh. His previous books include Back to Caledonia: Scottish Homecoming from the Seventeenth Century to the Present (2012; ed.) and Lontane da casa: donne italiane e diaspora globale (2015; ed. with Stefano Luconi). He currently teaches English at a secondary school in Padua.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. British Voices Yet Unheard 2. Leaving Albion 3. Britons Across the Sea 4. Britons in the Land of Plenty 5. Culture, Identity and Belonging. Conclusions