Authors of their lives : the personal correspondence of British immigrants to North America in the nineteenth century / David A. Gerber.

Author/creator Gerber, David A., 1944-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : New York University Press, ©2006.
Descriptionx, 422 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
British Americans--Correspondence.
British--Canada. --Correspondence.
Immigrants--United States. --Correspondence.
Immigrants--Canada. --Correspondence.
Letter writing--History. --19th century.
Transnationalism--History. --19th century. --Sources.
Immigrants' writings, American.
United States--Emigration and immigration. --History. --19th century. --Sources.
Canada--Emigration and immigration. --History. --19th century. --Sources.
Great Britain--Emigration and immigration. --History. --19th century. --Sources.

Contents Traditions of inquiry -- Forming selves in letters -- Writing with a purpose : immigrant epistolarity and the culture of emigration -- Using postal systems : transnational networks on the edge of modernity -- Establishing voice, theme, and rhythm -- When correspondence wanes -- Thomas Spencer Niblock : a dialogue of respectability and failure -- Catherine Grayston Bond : letter-writing as the practice of existential accounting -- Mary Ann Wodrow Archbald : longing for her "little isle" from a farm in central New York -- Dr. Thomas Steel : the difficulties of achieving the reunited family.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 339-401) and index.
LCCN 2005015602
ISBN0814731716 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780814731710

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Joyner General Stacks E184.B7 G47 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold