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Cookie akzeptierenAustralia, Migration and Empire
- Springer International Publishing
- 2020
- Taschenbuch
- 340 Seiten
- ISBN 9783030223915
This edited collection explores how migrants played a major role in the creation and settlement of the British Empire, by focusing on a series of Australian case studies. Despite their shared experiences of migration and settlement, migrants nonetheless often exhibited distinctive cultural identities, which could be deployed for advantage. Migration established global mobility as a defining feature of the Empire. Ethnicity, class and gender were often powerful determinants of migrant attitudes and behaviour. This volume addresses these considerations, illuminating the complexity and diversity of the British Empire¿s global immigration story. Since 1788, the propensity of the populations of Britain and Ireland to immigrate to Australia varied
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