Voyagers to the West Study Guide consists of approx. 68 pages of summaries and analysis on Voyagers to the West by Bernard Bailyn. Browse the literature study guide below:
In Voyagers to the West, Bernard Bailyn examines the dramatic increase in immigration to the American colonies from Britain in the years leading up to the American Revolution. He focuses on who the immigrants were, where they came from, why they were immigrating, and where they went to in the colonies. His main data sources is an emigration register kept by British customs officials during this time, and he supplements that information with data from newspapers, town records, personal manuscript collections, and so on. (
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Book 1, Introduction and Chapter 1 An Expanded World, 1760-1776 Book 1, Chapter 2 The Dilemma of British Policy Book 1, Chapter 3 Searching for the Facts Book 2, Chapter 4 Magnitudes, Locations, and Flow Book 2, Chapter 5 Identities and Motivations: The Dual Emigration Book 2, Chapter 6 Arrivals and Destinations Book 3, Chapter 7 The Demand Book 3, Chapter 8 Sources Book 3, Chapter 9 Recruitment Book 3, Chapter 10 Sales and Distribution Book 4, Introduction and Chapter 11 Yorkshire and the Maritime Northeast Book 4, Chapter 12 Failure in Xanadu Book 4, Chapter 13 Gulf and Delta Book 5, Chapter 14 North Carolina: The Wreck of the Bachelor Book 5, Chapter 15 Georgia: Exploiting the Ceded Lands Book 5, Chapter 16 New York: Swarming to the North
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