Emigration and the Labouring Poor

Robin F. Haines

Palgrave Macmillan, 1997

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Drawing on analysis of the origins, occupations, literacy, and mobilization of emigrants recruited in the UK on behalf of colonial legislatures, this work demonstrates how a variety of factors combined to increase the opportunities for underemployed rural and domestic workers, from 1831 to 1860.

ISBN-13
9780333660492
ISBN-10
0333660498
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
1997
Publication date
1997-06-18
Pages
397
Dimensions
216x140x