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Author Thomas, Brinley, 1906-1994.

Title Migration and economic growth : a study of Great Britain and the Atlantic economy
Edition Second edition
Published Cambridge [Eng.] : University Press, 1973

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Description xxxi, 498 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents The classical view of emigration -- Free trade and displacement of population -- Migration and an expanding economy -- Statistical sources -- The outflow from the United Kingdom -- Irish emigration, 1846-1946 -- Migration and the rhythm of economic growth -- Internal and international mobility -- The social ladder in the United States -- Immigration and investment -- Migration and inverse building cycles -- The origin and impact of American restrictions -- Demographic determinants of British and American building cycles, 1870-1913 -- America-centred interpretations of the long swing -- The Atlantic economy : the process of interaction -- Migration and regional growth in Britain -- The dynamics of brain drain -- Negro migration and the American urban dilemma -- Appendix A : Method of estimating net migration from population census data -- Appendix B : Time-series analysis of immigration and investment : a method of locating reversals in direction of lag ; and a summary of results -- Appendix C : A British building index 1911-50 : method of construction -- Appendix D : Statistical material
Analysis Economic development Related to migration, 1840-1970
Notes Bibliographyp.473-487. _ Includes index
Previous ed. 1954
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 473-487
Subject Emigration and immigration.
SUBJECT United Kingdom -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056671
Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117808 -- Economic aspects. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005484
Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117808
United States -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140020
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100167
United States -- Emigration and immigration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140040
LC no. 79171684
ISBN 0521085667