{"product_id":"emigration-from-the-united-kingdom-to-america-9780810857834","title":"Emigration from the United Kingdom to America","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApproximately three fifths of the emigration from the United Kingdom to America arrived in the 19th century. The remainder came through Ellis Island between 1900 and 1924. Arrivals from the U.K. began to increase in the mid-1840''s with the Irish Famine that led to very high mortality rates, rising prices and unemployment and a massive outflow of Irish population to the U.S. In the post-Famine period, England''s industrial revolution progressed and emigration continued to grow between the prosperous 1850''s and the mid-1890''s.   This series on Emigration from the United Kingdom to America concentrates on U.K. emigration in the period 1870-1897, listing migrants from the U.K. who arrived in New York. The original passenger lists transcribed by shipping agents and ship''s officers and filed by all vessels entering U.S ports have been used in the preparation of Emigration from the United Kingdom to America. Presented in chronological order by each ship''s date of arrival, these passenger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e...recommended... * American Reference Books Annual, vol. 38 (2007) *\u003cbr\u003eGlazier (former director, Center for Migration Research, Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies and Immigration) presents the second volume of a new series intended to give the historian and genealogist a database of English, Welsh, Scottish, and Irish immigrants who arrived at the Port of New York between 1870 and 1897. Passenger lists detailing name, age, sex, occupation, previous place of habitation, and destination are arranged in chronological order by date of arrival. An index alphabetically lists passengers by name. The lists were created from the original US ship manifest collection found in the National Archives. This volume covers the period June to December 1870. * Reference and Research Book News, November 2006 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 1 Introduction Part 2 List of Codes Part 3 Passenger Lists Part 4 Index","brand":"Scarecrow Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038331502935,"sku":"9780810857834","price":145.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780810857834.jpg?v=1750939946","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/emigration-from-the-united-kingdom-to-america-9780810857834","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}