The Nearest Place That Wasn't Ireland: Early Nineteenth-Century Irish Labor Migration

By Ruth-Ann Mellish Harris

This is a study of the sojourner migration of Irish farmers to England in the first half of the 19th century. It covers the demographic characteristics of the migration, economic conditions in Ireland and England, and the welfare of migrants in England.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813814227
• ISBN13: 9780813814223
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Iowa State Pr
• Length: 281 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"