Wilbur S Shepperson
Biographic Data
| ID | 1161264 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wilbur S Shepperson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wilbur S |
| FAMILY NAME | Shepperson |
| SIGNATURE | SHEPPERSON W S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nevada, Reno |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1952 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sikhs in England: The Development of a Migrant Community
Nevada: A Bicentennial History
Journal Article Nevada: A Bicentennial History Get access Nevada: A Bicentennial History. By Laxalt Robert. (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., and Nashville : American Association for State and Local History, 1977. xi, 146 p. Illustrations, map, bibliography, index. $8.95.) Wilbur S. Shepperson Wilbur S. Shepperson University of Nevada, Reno Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterl…
Nevada: Land of Discovery
Journal Article Nevada: Land of Discovery Get access Nevada: Land of Discovery. By Beatty David Beatty Robert O.. (Reno: First National Bank of Nevada, 1976. 191 p. Photographs, bibliography. $35.00.) Wilbur S. Shepperson Wilbur S. Shepperson University of Nevada, Reno Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 8, Issue 4, October 1977, Page 461, https://doi.org/10.2307/967348 Pub…
Books reviewed
Going to America. By Terry Coleman. New York: Pantheon Books. 1972. 317 pp. $8.75. For Peace and Justice: Pacifism in America, 1914–1941. By Charles Chatfield. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. 1971. 447 pp. $11.95. Teamster Rebellion. By Farrell Dobbs. New York: Monad Press. 1972. (Distributed by Pathfinder Press, Inc.) 192 pp. $6.95 cloth. $2.25 paper. Right to Challenge. People and Power in the Steelworkers Union. By John Herling. New …
Restless Strangers: Nevada's Immigrants and Their Interpreters
American Fever: The Story of American Immigration
The Foreign-Born Response to Nevada
FoR ALMOST a century, Nevada was the most sparsely settled state in America and also the state with the most mobile society. A spirit of traditionalism was slow to evolve and unified institutions were late in maturing. As the most arid state in the West, much of its area remained almost totally unsettled. The region suffered from a kind of geographical injustice and at the same time from economic instability. Nevertheless, a large and mixed forei…
Caste in Overseas Indian Communities
Emigration and Disenchantment: Portraits of Englishmen Repatriated from the United States
Americans from Wales
Emigration and Disenchantment: Portraits of Englishmen Repatriated from the United States
Socialist Pacificism in the American West During World War I A Case Study
Socialist Pacificism in the American West During World War I A Case Study
Retreat to Nevada: A Socialist Colony of World War I
Journal Article Retreat to Nevada: A Socialist Colony of World War I. By Wilbur S. Shepperson, with John G. Folkes. (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1966. xiv + 204 pp. Tables, notes, bibliographical essay, appendices, and index. $5.25.) Get access William Francis English William Francis English University of Missouri Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 53, Issue 4, March …
Emigration & Disenchantment: Portraits of Englishmen Repatriated from the United States
Journal Article Emigration & Disenchantment: Portraits of Englishmen Repatriated from the United States. By Wilbur S. Shepperson. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965. xi + 211 pp. Notes, bibliography, and index. $4.95.) Get access Charlotte Erickson Charlotte Erickson London School of Economics Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 52, Issue 4, March 1966, Pages 849–85…
Immigration and American History: Essays in Honor of Theodore C. Blegen
British Emigration to North America: Projects and Opinions in the Early Victorian Period
Journal Article British Emigration to North America: Projects and Opinions in the Early Victorian Period. By W. S. Shepperson. (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1957. xvi + 302 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, appendixes, bibliography, and index. $5.00.) Get access Roger V. Clements Roger V. Clements Manchester, England Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 44, Iss…
Industrial Emigration in Early Victorian Britain
Since the days of Queen Elizabeth, emigration has been a habit with the British people. But it was the nineteenth century, when almost seventeen million persons emigrated, that witnessed the United Kingdom's most extensive exodus: approximately eighty per cent of the emigrants went to North America. A broad, historical explanation of the forces that motivated British subjects to abandon their homeland can be found in numerous works. Therefore, th…
Agrarian Aspects of Early Victorian Emigration to North America
Industrial Emigration in Early Victorian Britain
Since the days of Queen Elizabeth, emigration has been a habit with the British people. But it was the nineteenth century, when almost seventeen million persons emigrated, that witnessed the United Kingdom's most extensive exodus: approximately eighty per cent of the emigrants went to North America. A broad, historical explanation of the forces that motivated British subjects to abandon their homeland can be found in numerous works. Therefore, th…
Agrarian Aspects of Early Victorian Emigration to North America
Industrial Emigration in Early Victorian Britain
Since the days of Queen Elizabeth, emigration has been a habit with the British people. But it was the nineteenth century, when almost seventeen million persons emigrated, that witnessed the United Kingdom's most extensive exodus: approximately eighty per cent of the emigrants went to North America. A broad, historical explanation of the forces that motivated British subjects to abandon their homeland can be found in numerous works. Therefore, th…
British Emigration to North America: Projects and Opinions in the Early Victorian Period
Journal Article British Emigration to North America: Projects and Opinions in the Early Victorian Period. By W. S. Shepperson. (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1957. xvi + 302 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, appendixes, bibliography, and index. $5.00.) Get access Roger V. Clements Roger V. Clements Manchester, England Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 44, Iss…
Immigration and American History: Essays in Honor of Theodore C. Blegen
Emigration & Disenchantment: Portraits of Englishmen Repatriated from the United States
Journal Article Emigration & Disenchantment: Portraits of Englishmen Repatriated from the United States. By Wilbur S. Shepperson. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965. xi + 211 pp. Notes, bibliography, and index. $4.95.) Get access Charlotte Erickson Charlotte Erickson London School of Economics Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 52, Issue 4, March 1966, Pages 849–85…
Socialist Pacificism in the American West During World War I A Case Study
Socialist Pacificism in the American West During World War I A Case Study
Retreat to Nevada: A Socialist Colony of World War I
Journal Article Retreat to Nevada: A Socialist Colony of World War I. By Wilbur S. Shepperson, with John G. Folkes. (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1966. xiv + 204 pp. Tables, notes, bibliographical essay, appendices, and index. $5.25.) Get access William Francis English William Francis English University of Missouri Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 53, Issue 4, March …
Americans from Wales
Emigration and Disenchantment: Portraits of Englishmen Repatriated from the United States
Caste in Overseas Indian Communities
Emigration and Disenchantment: Portraits of Englishmen Repatriated from the United States
The Foreign-Born Response to Nevada
FoR ALMOST a century, Nevada was the most sparsely settled state in America and also the state with the most mobile society. A spirit of traditionalism was slow to evolve and unified institutions were late in maturing. As the most arid state in the West, much of its area remained almost totally unsettled. The region suffered from a kind of geographical injustice and at the same time from economic instability. Nevertheless, a large and mixed forei…
American Fever: The Story of American Immigration
Restless Strangers: Nevada's Immigrants and Their Interpreters
Books reviewed
Going to America. By Terry Coleman. New York: Pantheon Books. 1972. 317 pp. $8.75. For Peace and Justice: Pacifism in America, 1914–1941. By Charles Chatfield. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. 1971. 447 pp. $11.95. Teamster Rebellion. By Farrell Dobbs. New York: Monad Press. 1972. (Distributed by Pathfinder Press, Inc.) 192 pp. $6.95 cloth. $2.25 paper. Right to Challenge. People and Power in the Steelworkers Union. By John Herling. New …
Nevada: Land of Discovery
Journal Article Nevada: Land of Discovery Get access Nevada: Land of Discovery. By Beatty David Beatty Robert O.. (Reno: First National Bank of Nevada, 1976. 191 p. Photographs, bibliography. $35.00.) Wilbur S. Shepperson Wilbur S. Shepperson University of Nevada, Reno Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 8, Issue 4, October 1977, Page 461, https://doi.org/10.2307/967348 Pub…
Nevada: A Bicentennial History
Journal Article Nevada: A Bicentennial History Get access Nevada: A Bicentennial History. By Laxalt Robert. (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., and Nashville : American Association for State and Local History, 1977. xi, 146 p. Illustrations, map, bibliography, index. $8.95.) Wilbur S. Shepperson Wilbur S. Shepperson University of Nevada, Reno Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterl…
Sikhs in England: The Development of a Migrant Community
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