Document Type
Article
Subject Area(s)
Anthropology
Abstract
We use a genealogical data base to question the idea that the frontier was a "safety valve" for Americans in the years of the founding of the republic. Our findings about the relative wealth of members of nine families show how the frontier affected their migration patterns. We find that it was the middle class, not the poor, who seemed to make best use of the opportunity of the frontier.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050700034057
Publication Info
Journal of Economic History, Volume 45, Issue 2, 1985, pages 363-368.
APA Citation
Adams, J., & Kasakoff, A. (1985). Wealth and Migration in Massachusetts and Maine: 1771-1798. Journal of Economic History, 45, 363–368. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050700034057
Rights
© Journal of Economic History 1985, The Economic History Association.