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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moran, Gerard
Language:English
Published: Dublin ; Portland, OR : Four Courts Press, [2004], ©2004.
Subjects:
Irish Americans > History > 19th century.
Immigrants > United States > History > 19th century.
Poor > United States > History > 19th century.
Ireland > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century.
United States > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century.
Poor > Ireland > History > 19th century.
Ireland > History > Famine, 1845-1852.
Emigration and immigration > Political aspects > Ireland > History > 19th century.
Emigration and immigration > Political aspects > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1837-1901.
Physical Description:252 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
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.