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Points of Passage: Jewish Migrants from Eastern Europe in Scandinavia, Germany, and Britain 1880-1914
Tobias Brinkmann (Ed.)
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Description for Points of Passage: Jewish Migrants from Eastern Europe in Scandinavia, Germany, and Britain 1880-1914
Hardback. This volume focuses on the journeys of Jews from Eastern Europe through Germany, Britain, and Scandinavia between 1880 and 1914. The authors investigate various aspects of transmigration including medical controls, travel conditions, and the role of the steamship lines; and also review the rise of migration restrictions around the globe. Editor(s): Brinkmann, Tobias. Num Pages: 160 pages, 15 tables & figs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1DN; 3JH; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
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 along borders that were redrawn several times during the ... Read more
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 along borders that were redrawn several times during the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
392g
Number of Pages
186
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782380290
SKU
V9781782380290
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About Tobias Brinkmann (Ed.)
Tobias Brinkmann is the Malvin and Lea Bank Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and History at Penn State University. His recent publications include Sundays at Sinai: A Jewish Congregation in Chicago (University of Chicago Press, 2012); Migration und Transnationalitat: Perspektiven deutsch-judischer Geschichte (Schoningh, 2012); and Why Paul Nathan Attacked Albert Ballin: The Transatlantic Mass Migration and the Privatization of ... Read more
Reviews for Points of Passage: Jewish Migrants from Eastern Europe in Scandinavia, Germany, and Britain 1880-1914
This is a major contribution to our understanding of a process which in a few decades radically transformed the geography of the Jewish world.
Antony Polonsky,United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Brandeis University This volume will prove to be a very valuable addition to the growing literature on Eastern European migrations as a passage ... Read more
Antony Polonsky,United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Brandeis University This volume will prove to be a very valuable addition to the growing literature on Eastern European migrations as a passage ... Read more