Series editors' foreword; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviation; Introduction; Nineteenth-century Cardiganshire: its economyand society; The role of the lead-mining industry; The decision to move; Rural out-migration trends: the census evidence; The move to south Wales; The lure of London; The move to Liverpool and the north-west; Emigration; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary
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 in the nineteenth century to the prevailing social and economic conditions. It 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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-243) and index
