New England's Generation: The Great Migration and the Formation of Society and Culture in the Seventeenth Century

by Virginia DeJohn Anderson

Book Overview

Through analyses of the process of migration and settlement and of the symbolic meaning that participants attached to their experiences, the book tells the story of New England's origins as one of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052144764X
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Beautifully written, well argued

This book was a fascinating exposure of the "Great Migration", as it has been called, the New England immigration, that lastest less than 10 years, from 1630 to 1640. This migration was "great" in the minds of the people who made the journey, even though it was the smaller in duration and numbers of people, than any other region of American colonization. It was "great" in their minds because of the religious motivations. The follows the immigrants from the decision to immigrate, the trip over, settling in the new country, and continues on to the the second generation and the desire of the first generation to impress on them the values that they had come over with. The book is a fascinating look at what life was like for these early immigrants, illustrated with real life people, including a few of my ancestors. The book is well documented with a combination of historical and genealogical sources. The book is engaging and extremely well written.