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British Emigration, 1603-1914

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  • © 2004

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  1. Alexander Murdoch

    1. University of Edinburgh, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. State Formation and Emigration

    • Alexander Murdoch
    Pages 1-11

  3. Empire and Emigration: The Stuart Monarchy and Plantation 1603–1688

    • Alexander Murdoch
    Pages 13-29

  4. Unplanned Emigration 1688–1756

    • Alexander Murdoch
    Pages 31-45

  5. Flight to the West 1756–1803

    • Alexander Murdoch
    Pages 47-60

  6. Early Modern British Emigration 1603–1803

    • Alexander Murdoch
    Pages 61-72

  7. Australia as the New America

    • Alexander Murdoch
    Pages 73-84

  8. Assisted Emigration

    • Alexander Murdoch
    Pages 85-98

  9. Hidden History: The British Emigrant to the United States 1803–1860

    • Alexander Murdoch
    Pages 99-109

  10. Hidden History: The British Emigrant to the United States 1860–1914

    • Alexander Murdoch
    Pages 111-123

  11. The Emigrant Experience

    • Alexander Murdoch
    Pages 125-138

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 139-176
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About this book

The idea of Britain has been understood largely in terms of sectarian conflict and state formation, whereas emigration has most often been explored in terms of economic and social history. This book explores the relationship between two subjects normally studied in isolation, and includes emigration from Ireland as a social phenomenon which cannot be understood in isolation from modern British History, as well as the impact of British emigration on the ethos and identity of the British Empire at its zenith at the turn of the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries.

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'Murdoch suggests that many of the emigrants were people who were, in effect, rejecting social change and hoping to recover abroad the worlds they were losing at home. He offers similarly probing ideas about the transfer of class attitudes and the Americanization of the English emigrants, as well as the role of return migration. His compact essays sparkle with thoughtful ideas relevant to the entire evolution of the Anglo world.' - Journal of British Studies

'his compacts essays sparkle with thoughtful ideas relevant to the entire evolution of the Anglo World'- Eric Richardson, Journal of British Studies

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  • University of Edinburgh, UK

    Alexander Murdoch

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ALEXANDER MURDOCH is Senior Lecturer in Scottish History in the School of History and Classics at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

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