Sending out Ireland's poor
Subtitle: assisted emigration to North America in the nineteenth century
By: Gerard Moran.
Publisher: Four Courts Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Dublin; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Irish Americans -- History -- 19th century.; Immigrants -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Poor -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Poor -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.; Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.; Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.; Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852.; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1837-1901.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-237) and index.
Table of contents: title: The pre-Famine assisted emigration debate and the Peter Robinson scheme; title: Landlords and assisted emigration before and after the Famine; title: The British government and assisted emigration during the Famine; title: Passage and settlement in North America; title: "Permanent deadweight" : the poor law and assisted emigration; title: Post-Famine assisted emigration schemes; title: Settlement of the post-Famine assisted emigrants in North America.