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

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

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ISBN10: 1349257060
ISBN13: 9781349257065
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Sep 12 1997
Pages: 397
Weight: 1.16
Height: 0.93 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
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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