Emigration and the Labouring Poor

Name: Emigration and the Labouring Poor
Author: Robin F. Haines

Australian Recruitment in Britain and Ireland, 1831–60

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Gebonden, blz. | Engels

Palgrave Macmillan UK | e druk, 1997

ISBN13: 9780333660492

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Palgrave Macmillan UK e druk, 1997 9780333660492

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Robin 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.

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ISBN13:9780333660492

Taal:Engels

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Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK

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List 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

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