Migration, Mobility and Modernization (Liverpool University Press - Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies)

235 Pages·2000·3.93 MB·English

by  David Siddle

Migration, Mobility
and Modernization
Liverpool Studies in European Population
General Editor DAVID SIDDLE
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Migration, Mobility
and Modernization
edited by
DAVID J. SIDDLE
LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY PRESS
First published 2000 by
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CONTENTS
List of Figures vii
List of Tables ix
1 Introduction
DAVIDSIDDLE, Liverpool University 1
2 Nephews, Dowries, Sons and Mothers: the Geography of Farm and
Marital Transactions in Eastern Ireland, c. 1820–c.1970
WILLIAMJ. SMYTH, University College, Cork 9
3 Mobility, Kinship and Commerce in the Alps, 1500–1800
LAURENCEFONTAINE, CNRS, Parisand DAVIDSIDDLE 47
4 People from the Pits:the Origins of Colliers in Eighteenth-Century
South-West Lancashire
JOHNLANGTON, St John’s College, Oxford 70
5 Motives to Move:Reconstructing Individual Migration Histories in
early Eighteenth-Century Liverpool
DIANAE. ASCOTTand FIONALEWIS, Liverpool University 90
6 Urban Population and Female Labour: the Fortunes of Women
Workers in Rheims before the Industrial Revolution
ANTOINETTEFAUVE-CHAMOUX, Ecole des Hauts Etudes en
Sciences Sociales, Paris 119
7 Mobility Among Women in Nineteenth-Century Dublin
JACINTAPRUNTY, National University of Ireland, Maynooth 131
8 Tramping Artisans in Nineteenth-Century Vienna
JOSEFEHMER, Universität Salzburg 164
9 Migration and Urbanization in North-West England: a Reassessment
of the Role of Towns in the Migration Process
COLING. POOLEYand JEANTURNBULL, Lancaster University 186
Index 215

FIGURES
1 (a) Destination of migrants from the parish of Clogheen-Burncourt
withinIreland, 1900–68; (b) Clogheen-Burncourt's global migration
field, 1900–68 12
2 Distribution of farm-holdings, c.1841 14
3 Distribution of farm-holdings, 1851 17
4 Distribution of farm-holdings, c.1970 18
5 Number of changes in the namesof families occupying each holding
since 1857 20
6 Recipients of land transfers (a) 1851–1900 and (b) 1901–74 22
7 Movement of brides (a) marrying intofarms withinthe parish, and
(b) marrying into farms outsidethe parish of Clogheen-Burncourt 33
8 Movement of male farm occupiers into non-paternal farms 1900–68 34
9 (a) Movement of brides into and within the parish of Clogheen-
Burncourt, c.1910–40; (b)Comparisons of activity fields of males and
females, c.1940–70 and ‘bridesheds’, 1865–75/c. 1910–40 42
10 Wheat prices for Annecy and Faverges, Savoy, 1740–1800 50
11 Marriages and dowries in Faverges, Savoy, 1700–92 53
12 Marriages and dowries in Faverges, Savoy, 1700–92 54
13 Dowry distributions, Faverges, 1700–87 55
14 The south-west Lancashire coalfield, showing sub-regions and Prescot
and Wigan parishes and their constituent townships 71
15 Numbers of colliers’ children registered in coalfield sub-regions,
1720–99 72
16 Colliers’ mobility in eighteenth-century south-west Lancashire 85
17 Sources 93
18 Jugler Street 96–97
19 William Holme 98
20 Anne Tarleton 100
viii LIST OF FIGURES
21 John Clieveland 103
22 Matthew Nicholson – multiple record linkage 106
23 Matthew Nicholson – genealogy from family history 107
24 Birthplaces of persons enumerated in the city and county of Dublin,
1881 134
25a Individual migration patterns of women whose children were admitted
–d to St Brigid’s Orphanage, Dublin, 1868–75 140–3
26 Migration patterns of women whose children were admitted to St
Brigid’s Orphanage, Dublin, 1868–75 144
27 Routes travelled by Christoph Lang and Franz Seeling 177
28 Suggested links between population migration and structural, spatial and
individual processes of change in past economy and society 188
29 All moves with an origin in Lancashire or Cheshire and a destination
elsewhere in Britain: (a) all migrants born 1750–1830; (b) all migrants
born 1831–90; (c) all migrants born 1891–1930 194
30 All moves with a destination in Lancashire or Cheshire and an origin
elsewhere in Britain: (a) all migrants born 1750–1830; (b) all migrants
born 1831–90; (c) all migrants born 1891–1930 195
31 All moves from Liverpool and Manchester to destinations elsewhere in
Lancashire or Cheshire 199
32 The migration paths of (a) Charles W. (1808–72) and (b) John A.
(1814–85) 204
33 The migration paths of (a) Thomas B. (1844–90) and (b) Mary W.
(1875–1962) 206
34 The migration paths of (a) Olivia S. (1884–1940 and (b) Ada B.
(1896–1976) 208
35 The migration path of Joseph Shaw (1748–1823) 210
TABLES
1 Number and size of farms, parish of Clogheen-Burncourt, 1835–1974 16
2 Patterns of succession on existing farm-holdings, 1967 23
3 Structure of farm households, 1901 and 1974 27
4 Estimated annual outputs of the sub-regions of the south-west
Lancashire coalfield, 1720–99 70
5 Estimated manpower requirements of south-west Lancashire collieries,
1720–99 73
6 Emigration from the county and city of Dublin, 1 May 1851–21
March 1871 133
7 Season rhythm of migration of journeyman tailors 168
8 Percentage of immigrants among Viennese journeymen in particular
suburbs and crafts, 1827–80 169
9 Percentage of married journeymen, Vienna/Schottenfeld, 1857 171
10 Household position of journeymen, Vienna/Schottenfeld, 1857 171
11 Geographic origins of Viennese journeymen 172
12 Geographic origins of Viennese master tailors, 1825–59 173
13 Duration of the first job taken in Vienna:journeyman tailors who
arrived in Vienna from 10 to 17 October 1836 175
14 Job histories of Viennese journeyman bakers, 1830–63 176
15 Comparison of sample populations with census populations by gender,
marital status and age, 1851 and 1891 190
16 Comparison of sample populations with census population by region
of birth, 1851 and 1891 191
17 Distribution of origins and destinations by settlement size and birth
cohort 192
18 Settlements accounting for 5 per cent or more of all destinations by
birth cohort 193
19 Intra-settlement moves by birth cohort and settlement size 193
20 Mean distance moved by type of move and cohort 196
21 Moves between settlements of different size by birth cohort 197
22 Sequential within-region moves by settlement size and birth cohort of
migrant 200
23 Reason for migration by birth cohort, gender and type of move 202