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PublisherPennsylvania STATE University Press
ISBN-10027101833X
ISBN-139780271018331
eBay Product ID (ePID)13038269431
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Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameTrade in Strangers : the Beginnings of Mass Migration to North America
SubjectModern / 18th Century, Human Geography, Emigration & Immigration, United States / General
Publication Year1999
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Science, History
AuthorMarianne S. Wokeck
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height1 in
Item Weight19.1 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width5.9 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition21
Reviews" Trade in Strangers makes a useful contribution to our knowledge of colonial immigration, and raises many questions for future research." --David W. Galenson, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, " Trade in Strangers makes a useful contribution to our knowledge of colonial immigration, and raises many questions for future research." --David W. Galenson Journal of Interdisciplinary History, "This is not a book where you will find your ancestors listed, unless they were a merchant involved in the migrant trade; but it is an invaluable source of information on what our 18th-century German ancestors experienced in Germany, in transit, and when they first arrived in America." --Susannah E. Brooks Der Kurier, "This is a valuable contribution to the study of immigration, ethnicity and the economy, and essential for historians of greater Pennsylvania. . . . This is a rich study of the peopling of North America that should be of widespread interest to specialists in many sub-disciplines of history." --Susan E. Klepp, Temple University Book Review, " Trade in Strangers is first a sharply focused, impressively researched monographic study of the movement of German-speaking settlers to eighteenth-century Pennsylvania. Based on detailed research in German, Dutch, English, and American archives, Trade in Strangers is clearly the best study we have of this important migration and will serve as the starting point for all future scholarship on the subject. . . . While this book is aimed at professional historians even those with a more casual interest in early America will find much of interest here. Wokeck presents the clearest description I have seen of the redemptioner system, and offers a compelling account of the experience of eighteenth-century transatlantic migrants. In sum, this is a first-rate book that deserves a large audience." --Russell R. Menard, Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, "Wokeck's study is a painstaking and illuminating analysis of the technological means, financial arrangements, and social networks by which late 17th- and 18th-century migrants from Germany and Ireland made their way to North America. Wokeck wonderfully combines the approaches of business history, economics, history of technology, social history, and political history to recover the how of immigration in the Colonial period." -M. F. Jacobson, Choice, "This is a rich study of the peopling of North America that should be of widespread interest to specialists in many sub-disciplines of history." -Susan E. Klepp, Temple University Book Review, "This is not a book where you will find your ancestors listed, unless they were a merchant involved in the migrant trade; but it is an invaluable source of information on what our 18th-century German ancestors experienced in Germany, in transit, and when they first arrived in America." -Susannah E. Brooks, Der Kurier, "No other historian has so thoroughly utilized German sources in constructing a portrait of the experience of over 100,000 German emigrants to the British colonies in the eighteenth century." -Virginia DeJohn Anderson, American Historical Review, "Based on detailed research in German, Dutch, English and American archives, Trade in Strangers is clearly the best study we have of this important migration and will serve as the starting point for all future scholarship on the subject. . . . Wokeck presents the clearest description I have seen of the redemptioner system, and offers a compelling account of the experience of eighteenth-century trans-Atlantic migrants. In sum, this is a first-rate book that deserves a large audience." --Russell R. Menard Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, &"Based on detailed research in German, Dutch, English and American archives,Trade in Strangers is clearly the best study we have of this important migration and will serve as the starting point for all future scholarship on the subject. . . . Wokeck presents the clearest description I have seen of the redemptioner system, and offers a compelling account of the experience of eighteenth-century trans-Atlantic migrants. In sum, this is a first-rate book that deserves a large audience.&" &-Russell R. Menard, Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, "Trade in Strangers makes a useful contribution to our knowledge of colonial immigration, and raises many questions for future research." --David W. Galenson, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, &"Trade in Strangers is an important addition to the study of mass migration.&" &-Nupur Chaudhuri, International Migration Review, "This is a rich study of the peopling of North America that should be of widespread interest to specialists in many sub-disciplines of history." --Susan E. Klepp, Temple University Book Review, "Only a historian versed in the Dutch, English and German languages and armed with tenacity could accomplish such a carefully researched chronicle." -Simone A Wegge, EH.NET, &"No other historian has so thoroughly utilized German sources in constructing a portrait of the experience of over 100,000 German emigrants to the British colonies in the eighteenth century.&" &-Virginia DeJohn Anderson, American Historical Review, "Trade in Strangers is first a sharply focused, impressively researched monographic study of the movement of German-speaking settlers to eighteenth-century Pennsylvania. Based on detailed research in German, Dutch, English, and American archives, Trade in Strangers is clearly the best study we have of this important migration and will serve as the starting point for all future scholarship on the subject. . . . While this book is aimed at professional historians even those with a more casual interest in early America will find much of interest here. Wokeck presents the clearest description I have seen of the redemptioner system, and offers a compelling account of the experience of eighteenth-century transatlantic migrants. In sum, this is a first-rate book that deserves a large audience." -Russell R. Menard, Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, "Only a historian versed in the Dutch, English and German languages and armed with tenacity could accomplish such a carefully researched chronicle." --Simone A Wegge EH.NET, "Based on detailed research in German, Dutch, English and American archives,Trade in Strangers is clearly the best study we have of this important migration and will serve as the starting point for all future scholarship on the subject. . . . Wokeck presents the clearest description I have seen of the redemptioner system, and offers a compelling account of the experience of eighteenth-century trans-Atlantic migrants. In sum, this is a first-rate book that deserves a large audience." -Russell R. Menard, Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, " Trade in Strangers is first a sharply focused, impressively researched monographic study of the movement of German-speaking settlers to eighteenth-century Pennsylvania. Based on detailed research in German, Dutch, English, and American archives, Trade in Strangers is clearly the best study we have of this important migration and will serve as the starting point for all future scholarship on the subject. . . . While this book is aimed at professional historians even those with a more casual interest in early America will find much of interest here. Wokeck presents the clearest description I have seen of the redemptioner system, and offers a compelling account of the experience of eighteenth-century transatlantic migrants. In sum, this is a first-rate book that deserves a large audience." --Russell R. Menard Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, "Based on detailed research in German, Dutch, English and American archives,Trade in Strangers is clearly the best study we have of this important migration and will serve as the starting point for all future scholarship on the subject. . . . Wokeck presents the clearest description I have seen of the redemptioner system, and offers a compelling account of the experience of eighteenth-century trans-Atlantic migrants. In sum, this is a first-rate book that deserves a large audience." --Russell R. Menard, Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, " Trade in Strangers makes a useful contribution to our knowledge of colonial immigration, and raises many questions for future research." -David W. Galenson, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, "Wokeck's contributions to the study of transatlantic migration have opened up important innovative perspectives which no student of eighteenth- or nineteenth-century mass migration should ignore." --Georg Fertig Journal of Economic History, "While Wokeck's book breaks important new ground concerning the development of a market devoted primarily to moving immigrants, it also contains a variety of additional information and data that many readers will find even more valuable." -Ray Cohn, Northern Mariner, "Wokeck's study is a painstaking and illuminating analysis of the technological means, financial arrangements, and social networks by which late 17th- and 18th-century migrants from Germany and Ireland made their way to North America. Wokeck wonderfully combines the approaches of business history, economics, history of technology, social history, and political history to recover the how of immigration in the Colonial period." --M. F. Jacobson Choice, " Trade in Strangers is an important addition to the study of mass migration." --Nupur Chaudhuri, International Migration Review, "This is a valuable contribution to the study of immigration, ethnicity and the economy, and essential for historians of greater Pennsylvania. . . . This is a rich study of the peopling of North America that should be of widespread interest to specialists in many sub-disciplines of history." --Susan E. Klepp Temple University Book Review, &"This monograph will be of interest to specialists in early American history and immigration history.&" &-L. Scott Philyaw, History, "This monograph will be of interest to specialists in early American history and immigration history." --L. Scott Philyaw History, " Trade in Strangers is an important addition to the study of mass migration." -Nupur Chaudhuri, International Migration Review, "This is not a book where you will find your ancestors listed, unless they were a merchant involved in the migrant trade; but it is an invaluable source of information on what our 18th-century German ancestors experienced in Germany, in transit, and when they first arrived in America." --Susannah E. Brooks, Der Kurier, "This monograph will be of interest to specialists in early American history and immigration history." -L. Scott Philyaw, History, "Based on detailed research in German, Dutch, English and American archives, Trade in Strangers is clearly the best study we have of this important migration and will serve as the starting point for all future scholarship on the subject. . . . Wokeck presents the clearest description I have seen of the redemptioner system, and offers a compelling account of the experience of eighteenth-century trans-Atlantic migrants. In sum, this is a first-rate book that deserves a large audience." --Russell R. Menard, Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, &"This is a valuable contribution to the study of immigration, ethnicity and the economy, and essential for historians of greater Pennsylvania. . . . This is a rich study of the peopling of North America that should be of widespread interest to specialists in many sub-disciplines of history.&" &-Susan E. Klepp, Temple University Book Review, &"Trade in Strangers is first a sharply focused, impressively researched monographic study of the movement of German-speaking settlers to eighteenth-century Pennsylvania. Based on detailed research in German, Dutch, English, and American archives, Trade in Strangers is clearly the best study we have of this important migration and will serve as the starting point for all future scholarship on the subject. . . . While this book is aimed at professional historians even those with a more casual interest in early America will find much of interest here. Wokeck presents the clearest description I have seen of the redemptioner system, and offers a compelling account of the experience of eighteenth-century transatlantic migrants. In sum, this is a first-rate book that deserves a large audience.&" &-Russell R. Menard, Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, &"While Wokeck&'s book breaks important new ground concerning the development of a market devoted primarily to moving immigrants, it also contains a variety of additional information and data that many readers will find even more valuable.&" &-Ray Cohn, Northern Mariner, "Wokeck's study is a painstaking and illuminating analysis of the technological means, financial arrangements, and social networks by which late 17th- and 18th-century migrants from Germany and Ireland made their way to North America. Wokeck wonderfully combines the approaches of business history, economics, history of technology, social history, and political history to recover the how of immigration in the Colonial period." --M. F. Jacobson, Choice, "Trade in Strangers is an important addition to the study of mass migration." --Nupur Chaudhuri, International Migration Review, "Trade in Strangers is first a sharply focused, impressively researched monographic study of the movement of German-speaking settlers to eighteenth-century Pennsylvania. Based on detailed research in German, Dutch, English, and American archives, Trade in Strangers is clearly the best study we have of this important migration and will serve as the starting point for all future scholarship on the subject. . . . While this book is aimed at professional historians even those with a more casual interest in early America will find much of interest here. Wokeck presents the clearest description I have seen of the redemptioner system, and offers a compelling account of the experience of eighteenth-century transatlantic migrants. In sum, this is a first-rate book that deserves a large audience." --Russell R. Menard, Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, "No other historian has so thoroughly utilized German sources in constructing a portrait of the experience of over 100,000 German emigrants to the British colonies in the eighteenth century." --Virginia DeJohn Anderson American Historical Review, "Wokeck's contributions to the study of transatlantic migration have opened up important innovative perspectives which no student of eighteenth- or nineteenth-century mass migration should ignore." --Georg Fertig, Journal of Economic History, "Wokeck's contributions to the study of transatlantic migration have opened up important innovative perspectives which no student of eighteenth- or nineteenth-century mass migration should ignore." -Georg Fertig, Journal of Economic History, &"Trade in Strangers makes a useful contribution to our knowledge of colonial immigration, and raises many questions for future research.&" &-David W. Galenson, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, &"Wokeck&'s study is a painstaking and illuminating analysis of the technological means, financial arrangements, and social networks by which late 17th- and 18th-century migrants from Germany and Ireland made their way to North America. Wokeck wonderfully combines the approaches of business history, economics, history of technology, social history, and political history to recover the how of immigration in the Colonial period.&" &-M. F. Jacobson, Choice, "This is a rich study of the peopling of North America that should be of widespread interest to specialists in many sub-disciplines of history." --Susan E. Klepp Temple University Book Review, &"This is a rich study of the peopling of North America that should be of widespread interest to specialists in many sub-disciplines of history.&" &-Susan E. Klepp, Temple University Book Review, "While Wokeck's book breaks important new ground concerning the development of a market devoted primarily to moving immigrants, it also contains a variety of additional information and data that many readers will find even more valuable." --Ray Cohn, Northern Mariner, "Only a historian versed in the Dutch, English and German languages and armed with tenacity could accomplish such a carefully researched chronicle." --Simone A Wegge, EH.NET, "Trade in Strangers makes a useful contribution to our knowledge of colonial immigration, and raises many questions for future research." -David W. Galenson, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, "This is a valuable contribution to the study of immigration, ethnicity and the economy, and essential for historians of greater Pennsylvania. . . . This is a rich study of the peopling of North America that should be of widespread interest to specialists in many sub-disciplines of history." -Susan E. Klepp, Temple University Book Review, "Based on detailed research in German, Dutch, English and American archives, Trade in Strangers is clearly the best study we have of this important migration and will serve as the starting point for all future scholarship on the subject. . . . Wokeck presents the clearest description I have seen of the redemptioner system, and offers a compelling account of the experience of eighteenth-century trans-Atlantic migrants. In sum, this is a first-rate book that deserves a large audience." -Russell R. Menard, Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, " Trade in Strangers is first a sharply focused, impressively researched monographic study of the movement of German-speaking settlers to eighteenth-century Pennsylvania. Based on detailed research in German, Dutch, English, and American archives, Trade in Strangers is clearly the best study we have of this important migration and will serve as the starting point for all future scholarship on the subject. . . . While this book is aimed at professional historians even those with a more casual interest in early America will find much of interest here. Wokeck presents the clearest description I have seen of the redemptioner system, and offers a compelling account of the experience of eighteenth-century transatlantic migrants. In sum, this is a first-rate book that deserves a large audience." -Russell R. Menard, Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, "Trade in Strangers is an important addition to the study of mass migration." -Nupur Chaudhuri, International Migration Review, &"This is not a book where you will find your ancestors listed, unless they were a merchant involved in the migrant â„¢ but it is an invaluable source of information on what our 18th-century German ancestors experienced in Germany, in transit, and when they first arrived in America.&" &-Susannah E. Brooks, Der Kurier, "No other historian has so thoroughly utilized German sources in constructing a portrait of the experience of over 100,000 German emigrants to the British colonies in the eighteenth century." --Virginia DeJohn Anderson, American Historical Review, "While Wokeck's book breaks important new ground concerning the development of a market devoted primarily to moving immigrants, it also contains a variety of additional information and data that many readers will find even more valuable." --Ray Cohn Northern Mariner, &"Wokeck&'s contributions to the study of transatlantic migration have opened up important innovative perspectives which no student of eighteenth- or nineteenth-century mass migration should ignore.&" &-Georg Fertig, Journal of Economic History, "This monograph will be of interest to specialists in early American history and immigration history." --L. Scott Philyaw, History, " Trade in Strangers is an important addition to the study of mass migration." --Nupur Chaudhuri International Migration Review, &"Only a historian versed in the Dutch, English and German languages and armed with tenacity could accomplish such a carefully researched chronicle.&" &-Simone A Wegge, EH.NET
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal304.8/73043/09033
SynopsisAmerican historians have long been fascinated by the "peopling" of North America in the seventeenth century. Who were the immigrants, and how and why did they make their way across the ocean? Most of the attention, however, has been devoted to British immigrants who came as free people or as indentured servants (primarily to New England and the Chesapeake) and to Africans who were forced to come as slaves. Trade in Strangers focuses on the eighteenth century, when new immigrants began to flood the colonies at an unprecedented rate. Most of these immigrants were German and Irish, and they were coming primarily to the middle colonies via an increasingly sophisticated form of transport. Wokeck shows how first the German system of immigration, and then the Irish system, evolved from earlier, haphazard forms into modern mass transoceanic migration. At the center of this development were merchants on both sides of the Atlantic who organized a business that enabled them to make profitable use of underutilized cargo space on ships bound from Europe to the British North American colonies. This trade offered German and Irish immigrants transatlantic passage on terms that allowed even people of little and modest means to pursue opportunities that beckoned in the New World. Trade in Strangers fills an important gap in our knowledge of America's immigration history. The eighteenth-century changes established a model for the better-known mass migrations of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, which drew wave after wave of Europeans to the New World in the hope of making a better life than the one they left behind--a story that is familiar to most modern Americans.
LC Classification NumberJV6451.W64 1999
