Emigrants and empire : British settlement in the dominions between the wars / edited by Stephen Constantine.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Constantine, Stephen, editor.

Series:

Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England) ; Volume 14.

Studies in imperialism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Colonies--History--20th century.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Colonies--Emigration and immigration--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Between the two World Wars nearly 1,500,000 people left the United Kingdom to seek a new life in the white settler societies of the Empire. Mass migration was encouraged by the imperial government, and this book examines the motives, the obstacles encountered at home and in the dominions, and the achievements. It explores the ex-servicemen's assisted passage scheme, the Empire Settlement Act of 1922 and the attempts to increase the emigration of single women. It assesses the response of governments and interest groups in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa to these programmes. Some of the characteristics and experiences of Empire migrants are also examined. Anxieties about the social, economic and international problems facing Britain largely inspired the idea of State-assisted emigration to the Empire. It was a distinctly imperial method of social reform and economic reconstruction. The response of the dominions, however, indicates the limits of imperial co=operation. The book shows how Empire governments were pressed to keep their immigration policies in tune with their own national economic and political needs. The book will be of interest to students and teachers in higher education concerned with the history of Britain and the Empire-Commonwealth or European imperialism, and those specialising in social administration, population movements and women's studies. It will also appeal to a more general audience, not least the families of those who took the decision to emigrate to Empire destinations between the wars.

Contents:

Introduction: Empire migration and imperial harmony / Stephen Constantine

A way out of our troubles: the politics of Empire settlement, 1900-1922 / Keith Williams

The assisted emigration of British ex-servicemen to the dominions, 1914-1922 / Kent Fedorowich

The healthy, wholesome British domestic girl: single female migration and the Empire Settlement Act, 1922-1930 / Janice Gothard

We can die just as easy out here: Australia and British migration, 1916-1939 / Michael Roe

Immigration and the making of New Zealand, 1918-1939 / Stephen Constantine

Leaven for the lump: Canada and Empire settlement, 1918-1939 / John A. Schultz

Empire settlement and South African immigration policy, 1910-1948 / Edna Bradlow.

Notes:

Description based on print record.