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Studies in Welsh History: Exodus from Cardiganshire - Rural-Urban Migration in Victorian Britain — Rural-Urban Migration in Victorian Britain
Studies in Welsh History: Exodus from Cardiganshire - Rural-Urban Migration in Victorian Britain — Rural-Urban Migration in Victorian Britain
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Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description
A oedd yr ymfudo mawr o Geredigion yn oes Fictoria yn ddihangfa o dlodi gwledig? Mae'r gyfrol hon yn edrych ar raddfa ac amseriad yr ymfudo o'r sir, ac yn cymharu hynny â'r sefyllfa economaidd a chymdeithasol heddiw.
Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description
Was migration from Victorian Cardiganshire simply a flight from rural poverty? This book relates the rate and timing of the outward movements from the county to the prevailing social and economic conditions.
Manylion y cynnyrch / Product details
- ISBN 13
- 9780708323991
- Gwales Code
- gwales.com.9780708323991
- Gwerthwr / Vendor
- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
- Long Title
- Studies in Welsh History: Exodus from Cardiganshire - Rural-Urban Migration in Victorian Britain — Rural-Urban Migration in Victorian Britain
- Sub Title
- Rural-Urban Migration in Victorian Britain
- Awdur / Author
- Cooper, Kathryn
- Current Price ex VAT
- £16.99
- Current Price inc VAT
- £16.99
- Availability Status (EN)
- Non-Stock Item - Ordered on request
- Availability Status (CY)
- Archebir yn ôl y galw
- Dyddiad cyhoeddi / Publication Date
- 2011-07-08
- Cyhoeddwr / Publisher
- Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press
- Media Type (EN)
- Paperback / softback
- Media Type (CY)
- Clawr meddal
- Pages
- 256 pages
- Size
- 138 × 216 mm
- Language Code
- English
- Categori / Category
- CY: Hanes, Hanes Lleol, Arferion Gwlad, Llên Gwerin (yn Saesneg) | EN: History, Welsh Life and Customs, Local History, Folk Tales (in English)
- Is-gategori / Subcategory
- CY: Hanes Economaidd a Chymdeithasol (yn Saesneg) | EN: Social and Economic History (in English)
Cynnwys / Table of Contents
Introduction Chapter One Nineteenth-century Cardiganshire: its economy and society Chapter Two The role of the lead mining industry Chapter Three The decision to move Chapter Four Rural out-migration trends: the census evidence Chapter Five The move to south Wales Chapter Six The lure of London Chapter Seven The move to Liverpool and the north-west Chapter Eight Emigration Chapter Nine Conclusion
Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography
Dr. K. Cooper is retired; she received her PhD at Leicester University.
Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review
This study provides insights into the motivations for and factors involved in migration and, using contemporary source material and computer-assisted analysis of census enumerators' books examines key dimensions of the communities at the major migrant destinations - Glamorgan, Carmarthenshire, London and Merseyside in Britain, and Ohio and Wisconsin, USA.
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