Illustrations and Maps |
vii |
Preface |
xi |
Part I ENGLISH VILLAGERS, NEW ZEALAND IMMIGRANTS |
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1 Brogdens' Navvies |
2 |
2 The Village World and the Labourers' Revolt |
18 |
3 Agents and Emigrants, 1871–73 |
36 |
4 The Flood Tide of 1874 |
63 |
5 Colony and Hearthland, 1874–80 |
79 |
Part II THE HEARTHLAND |
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6 Oxfordshire and Wychwood Forest |
102 |
7 Lincolnshire and the Northern Wolds |
135 |
8 The Midland Vales |
164 |
9 Kent |
183 |
10
Cornwall and
Devon |
211 |
Part III THE PROMISED LAND |
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11 The Transformation of the Immigrant |
238 |
12 New Zealand - Feldon |
260 |
13 New Zealand - Arden |
289 |
Part IV EPILOGUE |
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14 Afterwards |
328 |
15 The Quality of the Immigrants |
345 |
16 The Farthest Promised Land |
354 |
Abbreviations |
359 |
Notes |
359 |
Bibliography |
385 |
Subject Index |
393 |
Index of Places |
402 |
Index of Names |
406 |