Emigrants. Why The English Sailed To The New World

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: W&N
Publisher Place: Uk
Publisher Year: 2017
Edition: First Edition

Description: 314 pages. Ex-Library. (only one small stamp on inside page). Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: During the course of the seventeenth century nearly 400,000 people left Britain for the Americas, most of them from England. It was an astonishing outpouring, unlike anything in the countrys remembered past, but few have looked in detail at the lives these emigrants led or asked, simply, why did they go Their reasons were numerous and different for almost every person: some went west for reasons of religion; some went to make fortunes in the gold, fish and fur trades; some went because they were loyal to a deposed king; and others because they wanted every man or woman to decide matters of conscience for themselves. Those who went committed themselves to weeks, perhaps months, of braving savage Atlantic gales on an open deck, many having never been on a boat before. Among even the most determined, tears welled in their eyes as they watched the shoreline of their land recede into the mist. Most had known no other home, and there was no means of knowing whether they would see the people or places familiar to them again. EMIGRANTS casts light on an unprecedented population shift - a phenomenon that not only helped shape modern America, but continues to shape the modern world. James Evans uses contemporary sources from diaries, court hearings and letters to bring many of the individual emigrants diverse stories to life, and uncovers the fascinating reasons behind why so many people left England for a new life in an unknown part of the world.

ISBN: 9780297866909