Emigration and the Labouring Poor: Australian Recruitment in Britain and Ireland, 1831–60
Author:   Robin F. Haines
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1997 ed.
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9780333660492


Pages:   397
Publication Date:   18 June 1997
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Robin F. Haines
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1997 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.676kg
ISBN:  

9780333660492


ISBN 10:   0333660498
Pages:   397
Publication Date:   18 June 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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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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'...a rich and detailed work, with much to say to scholars in a range of fields.' - Elizabeth Elbourne, Agricultural History


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