Mortality and migration in the modern world:

This is a collection of previously published essays on the mortality suffered by British convicts and free emigrants on the voyage to Australia, and by Indian, Chinese, African, and Pacific Islander indentured labourers on their voyages to a variety of destinations across the world. The success of v...

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Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Aldershot, Hampshire [u.a.] Variorum 1996
Series:Collected studies series 543
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:This is a collection of previously published essays on the mortality suffered by British convicts and free emigrants on the voyage to Australia, and by Indian, Chinese, African, and Pacific Islander indentured labourers on their voyages to a variety of destinations across the world. The success of various administrative measures in reducing mortality at sea during the 19th century is documented, and shown to have a bearing on current debates on the explanation of the 19th-century mortality decline in western societies.
Physical Description:Getr. Zählung
ISBN:0860785963

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