Migrants, Emigrants and Immigrants - A Social History of Migration

Originally published in 1991, this book covers an usually long time - from the 17th to the 20th Century - and considers the impact of internal migration and immigration (primarily in Britain) as well as emigration to North America, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Approaches to the Study of Migration and Social Change Part 1: Emigration from the British Isles 2. Voices of British and Irish Migrant in Nineteenth Century Australia 3. From Irish Countryside to American City: The Settlement and Mobility of Ulster Migrants in Philadelphia 4. Empire Migration and Social Reform 1880-1950 Part 2: Internal Migration in Britain 5. Migration in Early-Modern Scotland and England: A Comparative Perspective 6. The Role of the Family in the Process of Migration 7. The Longitudinal Study of Migration: Welsh Migration to English Towns in the Nineteenth Century 8. Women Migrants in Mind: Leaving Wales in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Part 3: Immigration to Britain 9. Historians and Immigration

About the author

Colin G. Pooley and Ian D. Whyte

Summary

Originally published in 1991, this book covers an usually long time – from the 17th to the 20th Century – and considers the impact of internal migration and immigration (primarily in Britain) as well as emigration to North America, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia.

Product details

• Authors: Colin Whyte Pooley
• Assisted by: Colin Pooley (Editor), Pooley Colin (Editor), Ian Whyte (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2023
• EAN: 9781032001425
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3200142-5
• No. of pages: 244
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Migration, immigration & emigration, Social and cultural history, Migration, immigration and emigration, Human Geography, Population and migration geography