Emigration from the United Kingdom to North America, 1763-1912

Johnson, Stanley Currie

Routledge（2014/05発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 404 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780415760423
• DDC分類 325.2

Full Description

First published in 1913, this valuable and scholarly work is an account of the flow of population from the British Isles to the United States and Canada during the nineteenth century and the author's extensive researches into government reports and papers has brought together a great deal of material which gives his book an important place as an authority on British emigration.The work begins with a short historical survey in which the author discusses the causes of emigration before treating the subject topically as a series of political and economic problems. He gives a detailed account of the transport and reception of emigrants, of emigration restrictions and colonisation schemes, and of the emigration of women and children, and presents with much force the conflict of interests that grew up between England and her colonies respecting migration.This must still be regarded as an authoritative work on the subject and its bibliography will be of great value to all students of the period.

Contents

Chapter I Preliminary Survey: 1763-1815; Chapter II Historical Survey: 1815-1912; Chapter III The Causes of Emigration; Chapter IV Unassisted and Assisted Emigration; Chapter V The Transport of Emigrants; Chapter VI Immigration Restrictions; Chapter VII The Reception of Immigrants; Chapter VIII The Destination of British Emigrants; Chapter IX Land Systems Affecting the Immigrant in North America; Chapter X 1For the sake of continuity and comparison, it has been deemed inexpedient in this chapter to confine the subject-matter to the North American Continent. 2Emigration differs from colonisation in that the former suggests a movement from one land to another of people who intend to make their permanent homes in the country of reception, whilst the latter infers not only the idea of movement to a new country, but also settlement on the land, usually in considerable numbers within a circumscribed area (cf. ); Chapter XI The Emigration of Women; Chapter XII The Emigration of Children; Chapter XIII The Economic and Social Value of Emigration and Immigration; Chapter XIV Problems of Emigration;