Cambridgeshire Emigrants to Australia, 1842-74
A Family and Community Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12669373 |
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| Authors | Dennis Hitch (Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 85-97 |
| Publication date | 2002-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Family & Community History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1463-1180 • E-ISSN: 1751-3812 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/fch.2002.5.2.002 |
| OpenAlex | W1967487742 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
There was large-scale emigration from the agricultural areas of England in the mid-I9th century. The evidence from the village of Fowlmere in Cambridgeshire suggests two important local dimensions in this process: changes in the community and the role of the family. The community was affected both economically, by the impact of enclosures (especially the loss of commons rights), and socio-politically, by the harsh application of the I834 Poor Law in refusing outdoor relief to able-bodied men with only the workhouse for the family as an alternative. The role of the family was the medium through which various contributory factors flowed, among them emigrants' letters home, kin links, remittances and the chains of family migration.This article takes up some family and community dimensions of the large-scale emigration from the agricultural areas of England in the mid-I9th century, exploring these through the particular example of the Cambridgeshire village of Fowlmere. Who were the emigrants, what pushed and pulled them in their extensive movement to Australia, and how does this relate to the picture painted in the wider literature on emigration? This can be most effectively studied by a detailed investigation at the local level
Archaeology · Emigration · Genealogy · Geography · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Sociology · Australian History and Society · Computer Science · History · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Artificial Intelligence
| Highly cited | No |
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