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PUBLISHER: John Donald Publishers Ltd

FORMAT: Paperback

ISBN: 9780859764537

RRP: £25.00

PAGES: 250

PUBLICATION DATE:
January 29, 1999

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The Mobile Scot: Emigration and Migration, 1861-1911

J.M. Brock

Between 1861-1911 Scottish internal migration was exceptionally high and the proportion of Scottish emigrants in the total population was only exceeded by those from Ireland. This text deals with this subject, an important issue in this period.

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