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Emigration and the Labouring Poor : Australian Recruitment in Britain and Ireland, 1831-60 by Robin F. Haines (1997, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan The Limited
ISBN-100333660498
ISBN-139780333660492
eBay Product ID (ePID)2435195
Product Key Features
Book TitleEmigration and the Labouring Poor : Australian Recruitment in Britain and Ireland, 1831-60
Number of PagesXvi, 397 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1997
TopicEmigration & Immigration, Civil Rights, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Europe / Great Britain / General, Criminology
IllustratorYes
GenreLaw, Social Science, History
AuthorRobin F. Haines
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight23.8 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN97-009156
Dewey Edition21
Reviews'...a rich and detailed work, with much to say to scholars in a range of fields.' - Elizabeth Elbourne, Agricultural History
Number of Volumes1 vol.
Dewey Decimal304.8/94/041
Table Of ContentList of Tables - List of Maps - Acknowledgements - Abbreviations - Introduction - The Context - Who were Australia's Government-assisted Emigrants? - Recruiting in the Countryside - English Poor Law Recruitment - Irish Poor Law Recruitment - Promotion: Philanthropy, Commerce, and Colonization - Experiments in Charitable Cooperation - Scottish Recruitment: the Highland and Island Emigration Society - 'Noughting will give me more pleasure than to send for you' - Endnotes - Appendices - Bibliography - Index
SynopsisRobin Haines has analysed the origins, occupations, literacy, and mobilization of emigrants recruited in the UK on behalf of colonial legislatures. Her exploration of strict selection procedures shows that the symbiosis between the clergy, empire-minded philanthropic societies, and parishes, which combined to fund the emigrants' considerable pre-departure expenses, increased the opportunities for underemployed rural and domestic workers during an era of farm rationalization and industrial restructuring. Although poor, hybrid state and private funding enabled them to relocate to Australia where their skills were in demand.
LC Classification NumberDA1-995
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