Tanja Bueltmann is Associate Professor in History at Northumbria UniversityDonald M. MacRaild is Professor of British and Irish History at University of Roehampton

• Introduction: ethnic associationalism and an English diaspora1. The origins and development of the English diaspora in North America2. Elite associations: from local to transnational3. Independent and sectarian: working-class English associational culture 4. Ethnic activities and leisure cultures5. Charity and mutual aid: the pillars of English associations6. English, Scots and Germans compared: British and continental perspectives7. The making of a global diaspora ConclusionAppendix 1 North American cities and towns with St George’s societies and other English associationsAppendix 2 Lodges of the Order of the Sons of St George, 1885Appendix 3 Lodges of the Sons of England, 1896Index

‘This carefully researched and well-documented book will serve as a major source of reference for English ethnic associations in North America.’D. A. Chekki, University of Winnipeg, Choice, September 2017'It is clear that Bueltmann and MacRaild have lessened the invisibility of English associations in North America: they have provided a model of highly focused investigative research that will not need repeating.'Journal of British Studies

Tanja Bueltmann is Associate Professor in History at Northumbria UniversityDonald M. MacRaild is Professor of British and Irish History at University of Roehampton

• Introduction: ethnic associationalism and an English diaspora1. The origins and development of the English diaspora in North America2. Elite associations: from local to transnational3. Independent and sectarian: working-class English associational culture 4. Ethnic activities and leisure cultures5. Charity and mutual aid: the pillars of English associations6. English, Scots and Germans compared: British and continental perspectives7. The making of a global diaspora ConclusionAppendix 1 North American cities and towns with St George’s societies and other English associationsAppendix 2 Lodges of the Order of the Sons of St George, 1885Appendix 3 Lodges of the Sons of England, 1896Index

‘This carefully researched and well-documented book will serve as a major source of reference for English ethnic associations in North America.’D. A. Chekki, University of Winnipeg, Choice, September 2017'It is clear that Bueltmann and MacRaild have lessened the invisibility of English associations in North America: they have provided a model of highly focused investigative research that will not need repeating.'Journal of British Studies

Tanja Bueltmann is Associate Professor in History at Northumbria UniversityDonald M. MacRaild is Professor of British and Irish History at University of Roehampton

• Introduction: ethnic associationalism and an English diaspora1. The origins and development of the English diaspora in North America2. Elite associations: from local to transnational3. Independent and sectarian: working-class English associational culture 4. Ethnic activities and leisure cultures5. Charity and mutual aid: the pillars of English associations6. English, Scots and Germans compared: British and continental perspectives7. The making of a global diaspora ConclusionAppendix 1 North American cities and towns with St George’s societies and other English associationsAppendix 2 Lodges of the Order of the Sons of St George, 1885Appendix 3 Lodges of the Sons of England, 1896Index

‘This carefully researched and well-documented book will serve as a major source of reference for English ethnic associations in North America.’D. A. Chekki, University of Winnipeg, Choice, September 2017'It is clear that Bueltmann and MacRaild have lessened the invisibility of English associations in North America: they have provided a model of highly focused investigative research that will not need repeating.'Journal of British Studies