British emigration, 1603-1914 / Alexander Murdoch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murdoch, Alexander.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

British--Foreign countries--History.

British.

Emigration and immigration.

History.

British--Foreign countries.

Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--History.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xi, 176 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.

Summary:

British History is often presented in terms of empire and imperialism rather than in more human terms, while the essence of emigration is its human element. It was the most fundamental action working people could take in regard to their lives and their futures, yet often emigration is discussed in general terms of movement of 'peoples'. This book is intended to interrogate ideas of British identity through the political issue and human experience of emigration from Britain and Ireland from 1603 to 1914.

While British emigration is often portrayed as central to the development of the British empire, its principal destination, the United States, is least known in its history. British Emigration 1603-1914 is intended to discuss that essential characteristic of the phenomenon in relation to competing traditions of British and Irish identity.

Contents:

1 State Formation and Emigration 1

2 Empire and Emigration: The Stuart Monarchy and Plantation 1603-1688 13

3 Unplanned Emigration 1688-1756 31

4 Flight to the West 1756-1803 47

5 Early Modern British Emigration 1603-1803 61

6 Australia as the New America 73

7 Assisted Emigration 85

8 Hidden History: The British Emigrant to the United States 1803-1860 99

9 Hidden History: The British Emigrant to the United States 1860-1914 111

10 The Emigrant Experience 125.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-158) and index.

ISBN:

0333764919

OCLC:

55286073