Maritime transport and migration : the connections between maritime and migration networks /

This study explores the connection between global maritime and migration networks to better understand the acceleration of the transatlantic migration rate that took place in the latter half of the nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Detalhes bibliográficos
Outros Autores: Feys, Torsten (Editor), Fischer, Lewis R. (Editor), Hoste, Stephane (Editor), Vanfraechem, Stephen (Editor)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglês
Publicado em: Oxford : Liverpool University Press 2017.
coleção:Research in maritime history ; no. 33.
Acesso em linha:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt21pxjgb
Sumário:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the Editors; Contributors' Notes; Migration and Maritime Networks in the Atlantic Economy: An Introduction""; The First Waves of Internationalization: A Comparison of Early Modern North Sea and Nineteenth- Century Transatlantic Labour Migrations""; The Battle for the Migrants: The Evolution from Port to Company Competition, 1840-1914; The Role of Foreign-bora Agents in the Development of Mass Migrant Travel through Britain, 1851- 1924.
  • Transatlantic Emigration and Maritime Transport from Greece to the US, 1890-1912: A Major Area of European Steamship Company Competition for Migrant TrafficThe 'Relatives and Friends Effect:' Migration Networks of Transatlantic Migrants from the Late Habsburg Monarchy""\; Crossing the Last Frontier: Transatlantic Movements of Asian Maritime Workers, c. 1900-1945; Costs, Risks and Migration Networks between Europe and the United States, 1900-1914; Conclusion.