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Voyagers to the West:

A Passage in the Peopling of America on the Eve of the Revolution
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Random House Digital, Inc., Aug 3, 2011 - History - 720 pages
The winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in History is reinterpreted by the foremost colonial historian of American history, using the perspective of migration as an organizing principle. 32 photos, 19 maps.
  

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Review: Voyagers to the West: A Passage in the Peopling of America on the Eve of the Revolution

User Review  - Tommy - Goodreads

I liked it. This book makes you work to find the conclusions under the mountains of statistics, but amazing to see how the English immigrants traveled and populated the colonies during the time period ... Read full review

Review: Voyagers to the West: A Passage in the Peopling of America on the Eve of the Revolution

User Review  - Jamie - Goodreads

an interesting analysis of emmigration records from the now UK in the early 1870's. However, very statistics heavy and sometimes redundant. Not one I would recommend unless you really want to get down ... Read full review

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Contents

LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
LIST OF MAPS
LIST OF FIGURES
PREFACE
LIST OF MANUSCRIPT ABBREVIATIONS
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INTRODUCTION
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INTRODUCTION
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INTRODUCTION
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III
INTRODUCTION
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INTRODUCTION
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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Bernard Bailyn is Adams University Professor, Emeritus, and Director of the International Seminar on the History of the Atlantic World, Harvard University. He is the author of numerous books, including "The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution" (Pulitzer and Bancroft Prizes) and "The Ordeal of Thomas Hutchinson" (National Book Award), both published by Harvard.

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