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Sending out Ireland's poor : assisted emigration to North America in the nineteenth century /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moran, Gerard
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Dublin : Four Courts Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Emigration and immigration > Ireland > History > 19th century.
Ireland > History > 19th century.
Irish > United States > History > 19th century.
Ireland > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century.
United States > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • The pre-Famine assisted emigration debate and the Peter Robinson scheme
  • Landlords and assisted emigration before and after the Famine
  • The British government and assisted emigration during the Famine
  • Passage and settlement in North America
  • 'Permanent deadweight': the poor law and assisted emigration
  • Post-Famine assisted emigration schemes
  • Settlement of the post-Famine assisted emigrants in North America.