Exodus From Cardiganshire - Rural-Urban Migration in Victorian Britain

Klappentext In this volume! Kathryn J. Cooper examines the Victorian migration from rural to urban Britain by focusing on the population dispersal from the Welsh county of Cardiganshire (now Ceredigion) to the city centers of Glamorgan! Carmarthenshire! London! and the industrial cities of north-west England. She relates the rate and timing of such outward movements from the county to the prevailing social and economic conditions and uses census data to examine key dimensions of the communities at the major migrant destinations. Zusammenfassung Was migration from Victorian Cardiganshire simply a flight from rural poverty? This book relates the rate and timing of the outward movements from the county to the prevailing social and economic conditions. It offers insights into the factors involved in migration! and examines key dimensions of the communities at the major migrant destinations.

Product details

• Authors: Kathryn Cooper, Kathryn J. Cooper, Cooper Kathryn
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2011
• EAN: 9780708323991
• ISBN: 978-0-7083-2399-1
• No. of pages: 249
• Series: Studies in Welsh History; Cymru - Studies in Welsh Histo; Studies in Welsh History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Migration, Exodus, Britain, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, Urban, rural, Social & cultural history, c 1800 to c 1900, British & Irish history, Migration, immigration & emigration, Victorian, From, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Southwest Wales, Cardiganshire