People in Transit: German Migrations in Comparative Perspective, 1820–1930 (Publications of the German Historical Institute)

People in Transit: German Migrations in Comparative Perspective, 1820–1930 (Publications of the German Historical Institute)

by Dirk Hoerder (Editor), Dirk Hoerder (Editor), Jvrg Nagler (Editor)

Synopsis

The demographic shockwaves of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Europe produced tremendous change in the national economies and affected the political, social, and cultural development of these societies. Migration historians have begun to connect the various European migratory streams during this period with transcontinental migration to North America. This volume contains empirical studies on German in-migration, internal migration, and transatlantic emigration from the 1820s to the 1930s, placed in a comparative perspective of Polish, Swedish, and Irish migration to North America. Special emphasis is placed on the role of women in the process of migration. By looking specifically at postwar Germany, Klaus J. Bade underscores the relevance of this history in a concluding essay.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 452
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 30 Jun 1995

ISBN 10: 0521474124
ISBN 13: 9780521474122