International migrations in the Victorian era
Victorian Britain was both a land of emigration and immigration. This book covers a wide range of case studies to unveil the complexity of transnational circulations and connections in the 19th century. Combining micro- and macro-studies, this volume looks into the history of the British Empire, 19t...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Leiden, Boston
Brill
2018
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| Schriftenreihe: | Studies in global social history
volume 33 Studies in global migration history volume 11 |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Victorian Britain was both a land of emigration and immigration. This book covers a wide range of case studies to unveil the complexity of transnational circulations and connections in the 19th century. Combining micro- and macro-studies, this volume looks into the history of the British Empire, 19th century international migration networks, as well as the causes and consequences of Victorian migrations and how technological, social, political, and cultural transformations, mainly initiated by the Industrial Revolution, considerably impacted on people?s movements. It presents a history of migration grounded on people, structural forces and migration processes that bound societies together. Rather than focussing on distinct territorial units, "International Migrations in the Victorian Era" balances different scales of analysis: individual, local, regional, national and transnational |
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| Beschreibung: | Enthält 20 Beiträge |
| Beschreibung: | xv, 567 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme |
| ISBN: | 9004276742 90-04-27674-2 9789004276741 978-90-04-27674-1 |