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Emigration and the Labouring Poor
Robin F. Haines
其他書名
Australian Recruitment in Britain and Ireland, 1831–60
出版
Springer
, 1997-09-12
主題
History / Europe / Great Britain / General
Law / International
Social Science / Sociology / General
Social Science / Emigration & Immigration
History / General
Political Science / Human Rights
Business & Economics / Labor / General
Political Science / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
ISBN
1349257044
9781349257041
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=uSWxCwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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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.