Maritime transport and migration : the connections between maritime and migration networks / edited by Torsten Feys [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Feys, Torsten, editor.

Series:

Research in maritime history ; Number 33.

Research in maritime history ; no. 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.

Emigration and immigration.

Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Shipping--Europe.

Shipping.

Europe--Emigration and immigration.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 184 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

St. John's, Nfld. : International Maritime Economic History Association, 2007.

Summary:

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. It brings together the actions of migrants, government regulators, transatlantic shipping companies, and the agents who represented them to determine the motives and opportunities for transatlantic mass-migration. The study is comprised of an introductory chapter, seven essays by maritime scholars, and a conclusion. The subject is approached from three particular discussion points: the rate of development and the accessibility of transport networks for European migrants; the competition between shipping companies and the subsequent influence on migration; and the integration of labour markets in both Europe and America. It concludes by suggesting both maritime and migration historians should merge their respective fields by including the larger frameworks of each discipline to gain further understanding of their disciplines, and identifies the role of ports and shipping companies as crucial to any further study of mass migration.

Contents:

Migration and Maritime Networks in the Atlantic Economy: an introduction / Stephane Hoste and Lewis R. Fischer

The First Waves of Internationalization: A Comparison of Early Modern North Sea and Nineteenth Century Transatlantic Labour Migrations / Jelle van Lottum

The Battle for the Migrants: The Evolution from Port to Company Competition, 1840-1914 / Torsten Feys

The Role of Foreign-born Agents in the Development of Mass Migrant Travel through Britain, 1851-1924 / Nicholas J. Evans

Transatlantic Emigration and Maritime Transportat From Greece to the US, 1890-1912: a Major Area of European Steamship Company Competition for Migrant Traffic / Nicolas Manitakis

The Relatives and Friends Effect: Migration Networks of Transatlantic Migrants from the Late Habsburg Monarchy / Annemarie Steidl

Crossing the Last Frontier: Transatlantic Movements of Asian Maritime Workers, c. 1900-1945 / G. Balachandran

Costs, Risks and Migration Netoworks between Europe and the United States, 1900-1914 / Drew Keeling

Conclusion / Michael B. Miller.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Jun 2018).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-78694-461-8

1-78694-900-8