Migration in a Mature Economy
Subtitle: Emigration and Internal Migration in England and Wales 18611900 (Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 31, 1986
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9780521301534
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Migration, Internal; Demographic History; Sociology; United Kingdom, Great Britain; History / Great Britain; Emigration and immigration; 19th century; England; Great Britain; History; Wales
First sentence: The emigration of between 44 and 52 million people from Europe overseas between the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the outbreak of the First World War was a phenomenon of outstanding importance which has attracted a large literature.