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Boston’s Immigrants, 1790–1880

A Study in Acculturation, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, With a New Preface by the Author

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$37.50 • £30.95 • €34.00

ISBN 9780674079861

Publication Date: 10/18/1991

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400 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

33 tables, 4 maps, 26 line illustrations

Belknap Press

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  • Preface to the 1991 Edition
  • Foreword
  • 1. Social Boston, 1790–1845
  • 2. The Process of Arrival, 1790–1865
  • 3. The Economic Adjustment
  • 4. The Physical Adjustment
  • 5. Conflict of Ideas
  • 6. The Development of Group Consciousness
  • 7. Group Conflict
  • 8. An Appearance of Stability
  • Appendix
    • Note on the Statistics of Immigration into Boston
    • Note to Table 8
    • Tables
  • Abbreviations and Note on Sources
  • Notes
  • Index

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