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The Safety Valve - A History of Maltese Emigration from 1946

Author: Fr Lawrence E. Attard

• Introduction
  
• Chapter 1
  • Life Without Bombs
  • War and Disruption
  • The Price of Peace
  • Enter Self-Government
  • Voices of Dissent
  • Emigration: achieving an aim
  • References
    
• Chapter 2
  • Transport and Cash
  • Ships on Charter
  • The Human Aspect
  • Flames on the Skaubryn
  • Cheap Fares
  • A Roof Over One's Head
  • References
    
• Chapter 3
  • Across The Atlantic
  • Prospects in the U.S.A.
  • MacCarran-Walter Act
  • A More Liberal Attitude
  • Further Up North
  • First Arrivals
  • Other Difficulties
  • Ajax Camp
  • References
    
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9
• Conclusion
• Appendices
• Bibliography

Source: The Safety Valve (1997), author Fr Lawrence E. Attard, Publishers Enterprises Group (PEG) Ltd, ISBN 99909-0-081-7