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Migration and society in Britain : 1550-1830
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Migration and society in Britain : 1550-1830

Author: Ian D Whyte
Publisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan Press ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.
Series: Social history in perspective.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
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Migration was a major element in social and economic change in early modern Britain. This book reviews a wide range of population migration, and its impact on British society, from Tudor times to the main phase of the industrial revolution.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Whyte, Ian D., 1948-
Migration and society in Britain.
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan Press ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000
(OCoLC)606358747
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Ian D Whyte
ISBN: 0333712447 9780333712443 0333712455 9780333712450
OCLC Number: 45196844
Description: x, 198 p. : maps ; 23 cm.
Contents: Introduction: The Significance of Migration in Early-Modern British Society 1 --
1 Preindustrial Migration: Theories, Techniques and Sources 8 --
2 Mobility and Migration in the Countryside 22 --
3 Migration to the Towns 63 --
4 Emigration 103 --
5 Migration and Industrialization 138.
Series Title: Social history in perspective.
Responsibility: Ian D. Whyte.

Abstract:

Migration was a major element in social and economic change in early modern Britain. This book reviews a wide range of population migration, and its impact on British society, from Tudor times to the main phase of the industrial revolution.

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