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Authors of Their Lives: The Personal Correspondence of British Immigrants to North America in the Nineteenth Century David A. Gerber
Authors of Their Lives: The Personal Correspondence of British Immigrants to North America in the Nineteenth Century
David A. Gerber
In the era before airplanes and e-mail, how did immigrants keep in touch with loved ones in their homelands, as well as preserve links? This book analyzes the cycle of correspondence between immigrants and their homelands, paying particular attention to the role played by letters in reformulating relationships made vulnerable by separation.
422 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780814731710 |
| Publishers | New York University Press |
| Pages | 422 |
| Dimensions | 153 × 229 × 20 mm · 712 g |
| Language | English |