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History Primary Source Essay Help

Hi,
Im an economics student doing a history module and for my history module I was given a primary source which was a set of parliamentary papers and told "Using the primary source explain the dynamics of migration patterns". Can someone explain how I would go about this essay as I assume it would not be like your standard essay due to the fact I would have to analysis the source origins and validity etc?
The essay is only 750 so it is fairly short.
Thanks
Start by looking at when the source is from and who wrote it. Is there likely to be bias? What is the purpose of the source? Is it to accurately record something or is it meant to form an opinion? From that you can decide whether the information you have is reliable. As it's only 750 words (about a page and a half, typed) I wouldn't imagine you need to go into too much detail as you'll have to answer the rest of your question too. Hope that helps.

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