Emigration and the Labouring Poor [electronic resource] : Australian Recruitment in Britain and Ireland, 1831–60 / by Robin F. Haines.
Emigration and the Labouring Poor
Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9781349257041 978-1-349-25704-1
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/5735
Yazar
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 1997.
Yayın Bilgisi
London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 1997.
Fiziksel Niteleme
XVI, 397 p. online resource.
Özet, vb.
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.
Konu
Great Britain __ History.
Human rights.
Economic sociology.
Emigration and immigration.
Imperialism.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Human Rights.
Economic Sociology.
Human Migration.
Imperialism and Colonialism.
Human rights.
Economic sociology.
Emigration and immigration.
Imperialism.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Human Rights.
Economic Sociology.
Human Migration.
Imperialism and Colonialism.
