Title:
"Asylum for Mankind": America, 1607-1800
Author:
Baseler, Marilyn C.
Subjects:
United States- Emigration and Immigration- History
Immigrants -United States-History
Immigrants -United States-History
Object ID:
JV6451 B37 1998
Object Name:
Book
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
Cornell University Press
Publication Place:
Ithaca, NY
Pubication Date:
1998
Collection:
Eva L. Butler Library
Summary:
Author explains how British and colonial officials and landowners lured settlers from rival nations with promises of religious toleration,economic opportunity, and the "rights of Englishmen".