Migration And Mobility In Britain Since The Eighteenth CenturyPoplulation migration is one of the demographic and social processes which have structured the British economy and society over the last 250 years. It affects individuals, families, communities, places, economic and social structures and governments. This book examines the pattern and process of migration in Britain over the last three centuries. Using late 1990s research and data, the authors have shed light on migrations patterns including internal migration and movement overseas, its impact on social and economic change, and highlights differences by gender, age, family, position, socio-economic status and other variables. |
Contents
why study migration? | 1 |
CHAPTER 2 How to study migration in the past | 20 |
the spatial and temporal pattern of internal migration in Britain | 44 |
CHAPTER 4 The role of towns in the migration process | 85 |
CHAPTER 5 Migration employment and the labour market | 136 |
CHAPTER 6 Migration family structures and the lifecourse | 180 |
CHAPTER 7 Migration and the housing market | 214 |
CHAPTER 8 Migration as a response to crisis and disruption | 241 |
APPENDIX 2 | 311 |
APPENDIX 3 | 313 |
APPENDIX 4 | 315 |
APPENDIX 5 | 320 |
APPENDIX 6A | 347 |
APPENDIX 6B | 349 |
APPENDIX 6C | 351 |
APPENDIX 6D | 353 |
CHAPTER 9 Overseas migration emigration and return migration | 257 |
CHAPTER 10 The role of migration in social economic and cultural change | 277 |
a broader perspective on migration and mobility in Britain | 296 |
APPENDIX 1 | 309 |
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Migration And Mobility In Britain Since The Eighteenth Century Colin Pooley,Jean Turnbull Limited preview - 2005 |
Migration and Mobility in Britain Since the Eighteenth Century Colin G. Pooley,Jean Turnbull No preview available - 1998 |
Migration And Mobility In Britain Since The Eighteenth Century Colin Pooley,Jean Turnbull No preview available - 1998 |
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