This book describes how after a century and a half in New England, the Yankees—direct descendants of the Puritans who arrived between 1620 and 1640—established colonies across the western frontier and brought with them the values and institutions that make up today’s America.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1: Yankees in Exile
Chapter 2: Yankee New York
Chapter 3: Rufus Putnam: Founder and Father of Ohio
Chapter 4: The Promised Land of the Connecticut Western Reserve
Chapter 5: Michigan
Chapter 6: Illinois
Chapter 7: Wisconsin
Chapter 8: Minnesota: The New England of the West
Chapter 9: Missouri
Chapter 10: Kansas and Nebraska
Chapter 11: Iowa and the Dakotas
Chapter 12: California and the Gold Rush
Chapter 13: Pacific Northwest
Chapter 14: Yankees in the South
Chapter 15: Yankees Abroad: Rum, Slaves, and Opium
Chapter 16: Hawaii
Chapter 17: Land Speculation and Railroads
Chapter 18: Spreading the Word
Chapter 19: New England Loses its Industries
Chapter 20: Those Who Stayed Behind
Chapter 21: Brahmins of the West
