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, wandering out of the Empire . . .’ 11 -and migration within the boundaries of the Empire. The loaded semantic distinction between ‘Empire settlement’, ‘oversea settlement’, ‘Empire migration’, all acceptable terms, and ‘emigration’ which was ‘by many people regarded almost as synonymous with exile’ 12 was regularly underlined. As Leo Amery, the leading political spokesman of the Empire settlement movement
officials and assert their authority, the new leadership eagerly launched itself into its responsibilities convinced ‘that we must in time give it a new “orientation” ‘. 44 The distinguishing feature of the Milner-Amery partnership was that they possessed a clear set of imperial objectives. 45 Leading the list of priorities was an aggressive Empire migration policy. The task of assisting ex-servicemen was a
colonial development and social relief. By 1914 the arguments for soldier settlement on the grounds of imperial defence and of empire development had reached a level of equality. Moreover, the linkage of soldier settlement with imperial development allowed empire migration enthusiasts the opportunity to use soldier settlement as a vehicle for the formulation of a more ambitious post-World War I migration
from Fiction’, Times Higher Education Supplement (12 July 2002), available at www.timeshighereducation.com/170348.article (accessed 24 March 2016). 39 Kent Fedorowich and Andrew S. Thompson (eds), Empire, Migration and Identity in the British World (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2013), p. 2
threat as a result of restrictive immigration policies in the United States and, to a lesser extent, Australia. 30 By 1929 W. A. Carrothers was sounding a more pessimistic note from a British standpoint. In a book that relied mainly on official sources to examine more than a century of emigration, he confirmed the positive importance of assisted empire migration but bemoaned the failure of the ESA to achieve its potential in an era of increasing economic dislocation, falling birth rates and social welfare schemes that
.D thesis, University of London, 1985; Brian L. Blakeley, ‘The Society for the Overseas Settlement of British Women and the problems of Empire settlement, 1917–36’, Albion , 20 (1988), pp 421–44: Dane Kennedy, ‘Empire migration in post-war reconstruction: the role of the Overseas Settlement Committee, 1919–22’, Albion , 20 (1988), pp. 403–19; Marjory Harpur
Annual Report, 32. 2 NAC MG28 I 17 12,1, 6, 1930 National Meeting Minutes. 3 Ibid . 4 Dane Kennedy, ‘Empire migration in post-war reconstruction: the role of the Oversea
), Rediscovering the British World (Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2005); Kent Fedorowich and Andrew S. Thompson (eds), Empire, Migration and Identity in the British World (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2013); Barry Crosbie and Mark Hampton (eds), The Cultural Construction of the British World (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2016
. Thompson , ‘ Introduction ’, in A. Thompson (ed.), Writing Imperial Histories ( Manchester : Manchester University Press , 2014 ), p. 10 . See also K. Fedorowich and A. Thompson (eds), Empire, Migration and Identity in the British World ( Manchester : Manchester University Press , 2013 ). 12 J. Belich , Replenishing the Earth: The Settler Revolution and the Rise of the Anglo-World, 1783–1939 ( Oxford : Oxford University Press , 2009 ); M. Ruiz (ed.), International Migrations in the Victorian Era ( Leiden : Brill , 2018 ); C. L
young people, and put to the service of traditional values. 16 Stories of empire migration evinced a greater tendency to emphasise the material benefits to the characters. While this might involve benefits to the wider British economy, or bolster the fortunes of economically undeveloped regions, the stories usually stressed the gains for individuals or their families. The British who emigrated to
