From Strangers to Citizens: The Integration of Immigrant Communities in Britain, Ireland and Colonial America, 1550-1750

by Charles Littleton and Randolph Vigne

Between 1550 and 1750 tens of thousands of immigrants, many of them religious refugees escaping persecution on the Continent, settled in Britain and its colonies, and in Ireland. They brought with them their formidable energies and talents and quickly assimilated themselves into the host society. The essays range from general considerations of trends towards integration in the immigrant communities to detailed case-studies of the movement into British...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1902210859
• ISBN13: 9781902210858
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 566 Pages