The 1830s were years of social and political change in Britain. Rural unrest in 1830-31 spurred politicians and landlords to re-examine the roles government and individuals should play in fighting poverty. "Assisting Emigration to Upper Canada" examines how new attitudes and policies towards the English poor in this decade affected the British ...
In the spirit of our bestselling Birds of British Columbia series, Birds of the Yukon Territory provides unprecedented coverage of the bird species of the Yukon. Lavishly illustrated with more than 400 colour photographs and 223 hand-drawn bird illustrations, the book presents a wealth of information on bird distribution, migration and breeding ...
Emigrants sent by the Petworth Emigration Committee were part of a wave of rural workers in the 1830s whose immigration to Upper Canada was sponsored by English parishes and landlords. Their letters written or dictated to family and friends, leave us a rare first-hand view of the immigrant experience from a working-class perspective. Collected ...
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