1 option
People in transit : German migrations in comparative perspective, 1820-1930 / edited by Dirk Hoerder and Jörg Nagler.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Publications of the German Historical Institute
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Germans.
- History.
- Germany--Emigration and immigration--History.
- Germany.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Germans--United States--History.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--History.
- United States.
- German Americans--History.
- German Americans.
- Germans--Foreign countries.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 433 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : German Historical Institute ; Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.
- Summary:
- 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. Within the past two decades, migration historians began 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 contemporary Germany, Klaus J. Bade underscores the relevance of this history in a concluding essay.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521474124
- OCLC:
- 31010728
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.