Australia, Britain and Migration, 1915–1940 - A Study of Desperate Hopes

This book is the first systematic study of assisted emigration from Britain to Australia during the inter-war years. It looks at the British and Australian politicians and bureaucrats involved in the program and the half-million migrants who uprooted themselves. Both governments used migration to meet their different needs, with little regard for the migrants themselves. Not only is the book an important study of imperial relations in the 1920s and 1930s, it describes an important and overlooked aspect of Australian political and social history.

List of contents

Introduction; Background; 1. The Great War's impact; 2. The whirl of Hughes: 1920� 3. S. M. Bruce and Empire: 1923� 4. The modest zenith of hope: 1925� 5. Ambiguities: 1926� 6. Through confusion to doom: 1928� 7. Nadir: 1929�; 8. Toward the wheel's return: 1932�; 9. Emigration; 10. Immigration; Afterword.

Summary

This 1999 book is a systematic study of assisted emigration from Britain to Australia during the inter-war years. It offers a critical analysis of the relations between the governments of the two countries, and describes an important and overlooked aspect of Australian political and social history.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Roe
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.07.1995
• EAN: 9780521465076
• ISBN: 978-0-521-46507-6
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 600 g
• Illustrations: 8 b/w illus. 3 tables, Raster, nicht spezifiziert, Tabellen, nicht spezifiziert
• Series: Studies in Australian History; Studies in Australian History
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Migration, immigration & emigration, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Migration, immigration and emigration, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples