Exodus from Cardiganshire
Rural-Urban Migration in Victorian Britain
Distributed for University of Wales Press
249 pages
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6 x 9
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© 2011
- Contents
- Review Quotes
Table of Contents
Contents
Series Editors’ Foreword
Figures
Tables
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
I Nineteenth-century Cardiganshire: its economy and society
II The role of the lead-mining industry
III The decision to move
IV Rural out-migration trends: the census evidence
V The move to south Wales
VI The lure of London
VII The move to Liverpool and the north-west
VIII Emigration
IX Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Figures
Tables
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
I Nineteenth-century Cardiganshire: its economy and society
II The role of the lead-mining industry
III The decision to move
IV Rural out-migration trends: the census evidence
V The move to south Wales
VI The lure of London
VII The move to Liverpool and the north-west
VIII Emigration
IX Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Review Quotes
K. D. M.Snell, University of Leicester
“The rural exodus had a dramatic effect on the identity of Wales. This excellent book is a pioneering study of migration from the countryside, and is essential reading for anyone concerned with rural de-population and modern Welsh history.”
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