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Emigration and the Labouring Poor: Australian Recruitment in Britain and Ireland, 1831–60 Robin F. Haines 1997 edition
Emigration and the Labouring Poor: Australian Recruitment in Britain and Ireland, 1831–60
Robin F. Haines
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.
416 pages, tables, maps
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 18, 1997 |
| ISBN13 | 9780333660492 |
| Publishers | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 397 |
| Dimensions | 140 × 216 × 27 mm · 675 g |