British emigration to British North America : the first hundred years /

British emigration to British North America : the first hundred years /

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This book is an attempt to give students and general readers something of the story of the outpouring of British subjects who peopled British North America in the years before Confederation.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cowan, Helen I. (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Toronto] : University of Toronto Press, [1961]
Edition:	Revised and enlarged edition.
Subjects:	Great Britain > Emigration and immigration > History. Canada > Emigration and immigration > History. United States > Emigration and immigration > History. History.
Online Access:	CONNECT

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Introduction
Settlement for Trade and Defence, 1765-1815
Unemployment, Overpopulation, Emigration
The Rising Tide: To the Military Settlements, 1815-1830
The Rising Tide: To the Irish Settlements, 1823-1845
New Needs and New Theories
Colonization Leaders and Colonization Companies
The Emigrant Ship and the Emigrant Trade, 1815-1860
The Great Emigrations, 1830-1860
Help for the Needy Emigrant
The Triumph of Laissez-Faire.