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Author:

Moran, Gerard P., M.A.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Four Courts Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

252 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

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--History--Ireland--History--19th century.
Emigration and immigration--History--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Assisted emigration--Ireland.
Assisted emigration--Great Britain.
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852.
Ireland--History--History--19th century.
United States--History--History--19th century.
Great Britain--Politics and government--1837-1901.
Migratie (demografie)
Irlandais--États-Unis--Histoire--19e siècle.
Irlande--Histoire--19e siècle.
Irlande--Histoire--Histoire--19e siècle.
États-Unis--Histoire--Histoire--19e siècle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-237) and index.

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.

ISBN:

9781851828241
1851828249

LCCN:

2004426746

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)