Emigration and the Labouring Poor: Australian Recruitment in Britain and Ireland, 1831–60
Robin F. HainesRobin 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.
年:
1997
出版:
1
出版社:
Palgrave Macmillan UK
语言:
english
页:
412
ISBN 10:
1349257060
ISBN 13:
9781349257065
文件:
PDF, 39.29 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 1997