Emigration and the Labouring Poor: Australian Recruitment in Britain and Ireland, 1831-60 - Hardcover

Haines, Robert F.; Haines, Robin F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312174691 ISBN 13: 9780312174699

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan, 1997

Inhaltsangabe

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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'...a rich and detailed work, with much to say to scholars in a range of fields.' - Elizabeth Elbourne, Agricultural History

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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.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0312174691
• ISBN 13: 9780312174699
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 397
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