Emigrants in Chains: a social history of forced emigration to the Americas of felons, destitute children, political and religious non-conformists, vagabonds, beggars and other undesirables, 1607-1776
by COLDHAM, Peter Wilson
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- first
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
[Baltimore]: Genealogical Publishing Company, [1992]. First American Edition. Octavo (24cm). Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 188pp; includes bibliography. Mild evidence of use, including slight bowing to covers, still a tight, Very Good or better copy in the pictorial dustwrapper. This is a revised and much-expanded version of the article "History of Transportation" which appeared as the introductory volume in Coldham's nine-volume Bonded Passengers to America, published in 1983.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57140
- Title
- Emigrants in Chains: a social history of forced emigration to the Americas of felons, destitute children, political and religious non-conformists, vagabonds, beggars and other undesirables, 1607-1776
- Author
- COLDHAM, Peter Wilson
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Genealogical Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- [Baltimore]
- Date Published
- [1992]
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social History; Great Britain; Immigration;
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.