Аннотация:Preface List of figures and tables List of abbreviations 1. 'The excellency of the place': English impressions of New England 2. 'A mixed multitude': the peopling of early New England 3. 'Reasons moving this people to transplant themselves': migrant motives and decisions 4. 'Needful provisions': the cost of emigration 5. 'Promiscuous and disorderly departing out of the realm': the control of emigration 6. 'The vast and furious ocean': shipboard socialisation and the Atlantic passage 7. 'Occasions in England': debts, obligations and inheritances across the ocean 8. 'A hankering desire for old England': homesickness, return visits and back migration 9. 'A constant intercourse of letters': the transatlantic flow of information 10. 'Dangerous and unsettled times': English news in New England 11. 'The part of a kinsman': separation, reunion and the wider circle of kin Epilogue Bibliography Index.