Politics, civilization and misery. Cause and effects of the emigration according to a report of 1845

Abstract

A pesar de la larga tradición migratoria de los pueblos peninsulares, son escasos los testimonios escritos que nos permitan conocer cuál era el juicio que la emigración merecía de nuestros juristas, sociólogos y economistas con anterioridad a la promulgación de las primeras leyes para su regulación, a partir de 1850. En este trabajo examinamos un informe que, como respuesta a unas preguntas del gobierno para esclarecer las causas de la emigración hacia Argelia desde las costas mediterráneas de la Península, elaboró la Sociedad Económica Barcelonesa de Amigos del País en 1845.In spite of the long migratory tradition of the peninsular towns, have been scarce the written testimonies that allow us to know which it was the trial that the emigration deserved previously from our jurists, sociologists and economists to the promulgation of the first laws for its regulation, starting from 1850. In this paper we examine a report written as answer to the government's questions and to clarify the causes of the emigration toward Algeria from the mediterranean costs of the Peninsula. The report have been elaborated by the Economic Society From Barcelona of Country's Friends in 1845