The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth of Nations |
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Page 441
BRITISH OPINION AND EMIGRATION 441 Men's needs being always stronger
than the intelligence of their rulers , it is hardly surprising that the British
Government , in the earlier years of the new emigration , was quite unequal to the
...
BRITISH OPINION AND EMIGRATION 441 Men's needs being always stronger
than the intelligence of their rulers , it is hardly surprising that the British
Government , in the earlier years of the new emigration , was quite unequal to the
...
Page 450
1873 , the Board of Trade took over from the commissioners the relics of their
duties , this body played an important official part as delegates of the Colonial
Office in emigration affairs ; and their annual reports provide the drab epic of the
great ...
1873 , the Board of Trade took over from the commissioners the relics of their
duties , this body played an important official part as delegates of the Colonial
Office in emigration affairs ; and their annual reports provide the drab epic of the
great ...
Page 453
THE STATISTICS OF IRISH EMIGRATION 453 demitted office , the people blindly
and with fearful sacrifices stumbled ... In the eight years from 1847 over two
million and a half emigrants left the British Islands , the annus mirabilis being
1852 ...
THE STATISTICS OF IRISH EMIGRATION 453 demitted office , the people blindly
and with fearful sacrifices stumbled ... In the eight years from 1847 over two
million and a half emigrants left the British Islands , the annus mirabilis being
1852 ...
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1929 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Feb 2009 |
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