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Points of passage : Jewish transmigrants from Eastern Europe in Scandinavia, Germany, and Britain 1880-1914 / edited by Tobias Brinkmann.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Europe, Eastern--Migrations.
- Jews.
- Jews--Europe--Social conditions--19th century.
- Jews--Europe--History--19th century.
- Scandinavia--Emigration and immigration.
- Scandinavia.
- Germany--Emigration and immigration.
- Germany.
- England--Emigration and immigration.
- England.
- Europe--Ethnic relations.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (185 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Between 1880 and 1914 several million Eastern Europeans migrated West. Much is known about the immigration experience of Jews, Poles, Greeks, and others, notably in the United States. Yet, little is known about the paths of mass migration across "green borders" via European railway stations and ports to destinations in other continents. Ellis Island, literally a point of passage into America, has a much higher symbolic significance than the often inconspicuous departure stations, makeshift facilities for migrant masses at European railway stations and port cities, and former control posts alo
- Contents:
- Part I. Medicalization of borders
- Part II. Transit through Scandinavia, Germany, and Britain
- Part III. Atlantic passages.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 21, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 9781782380306
- 1782380302
- OCLC:
- 859837443
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