Chaim M. Rosenberg

Yankee Colonies across America

Cities upon the Hills

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Produktbeschreibung

This book describes how after a century and a half in New England, the Yankees-direct descendants of the Puritans who arrived between 1620 and 1640-established colonies across the western frontier and brought with them the values and institutions that make up today's America.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 713g
• ISBN-13: 9781498519830
• ISBN-10: 1498519830
• Artikelnr.: 43893584

Autorenporträt

Psychiatrist Chaim M. Rosenberg is also an American history researcher and writer. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Yankees in Exile
Chapter 2: Yankee New York
Chapter 3: Rufus Putnam: Founder and Father of Ohio
Chapter 4: The Promised Land of the Connecticut Western Reserve
Chapter 5: Michigan
Chapter 6: Illinois
Chapter 7: Wisconsin
Chapter 8: Minnesota: The New England of the West
Chapter 9: Missouri
Chapter 10: Kansas and Nebraska
Chapter 11: Iowa and the Dakotas
Chapter 12: California and the Gold Rush
Chapter 13: Pacific Northwest
Chapter 14: Yankees in the South
Chapter 15: Yankees Abroad: Rum, Slaves, and Opium
Chapter 16: Hawaii
Chapter 17: Land Speculation and Railroads
Chapter 18: Spreading the Word
Chapter 19: New England Loses its Industries
Chapter 20: Those Who Stayed Behind
Chapter 21: Brahmins of the West