Immigrants in the valley [electronic resource] : Irish, Germans, and Americans in the upper Mississippi country, 1830-1860 / Mark Wyman

Author:: Wyman, Mark
Published:: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2016]
Edition:: Southern Illinois University Press paperback edition.
Physical Description:: xxiii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents:

The prairie as a land of hope -- From the Irish island -- Auswanderers -- Needed: laborers -- Saving "this dark valley" -- A land without a sabbath -- Whiskey and lager bier -- The politicians.

Subject(s):

Irish Americans—Mississippi River Valley—History—19th century
German Americans—Mississippi River Valley—History—19th century
Mississippi River Valley—History—1803-1865

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Electronic books

ISBN:

9780809335565 (pbk.)
9780809335572 (e-book)

Note:

Originally published: 1984.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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