Emigration, nation, vocation: the literature of english emigration to canada, 1825-1900
Auteur :
Hanson, Carter F.
Éditeur :
Michigan State University Press
ISBN :
9780870138614
Date de publication :
3 nov. 2009
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
313 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Around 1825, the point at which emigration generally (and to Canada in particular) began to be seen as a cure for widespread poverty and joblessness in England, certain English writers began arguing that the vocation of middle-class emigrants was to recreate the English class system in Canada by becoming a new landed gentry.