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The Battle for the Migrants : the Introduction of Steamshipping on the North Atlantic and its Impact on the European Exodus /
This book approaches the well-documented study of European mass migration to the United States of America from the viewpoint of mass migration as a business venture. The overall purpose is to demonstrate that maritime and migration histories are interlinked and dependent on a deeper understanding of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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St. John's, Newfoundland :
International Maritime Economic History Association,
2013.
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| Colección: | Research in maritime history ;
no. 50. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Part I: State policies and their influence on the connections between maritime and migration networks, 1830-1870
- Part II: The impact of steam shipping on Transatlantic migration, 1870-1914
- The role of middlemen
- Competition and collusion: the growing pains of passenger shipping conferences
- The IMM merger and further consolidations in the shipping industry
- The nationalization of American migration policies and the visible hand of the shipping industry
- Shipping companies' interference with the enactment and implimentation of immigration laws during the Progressive Era
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1: Rates of the NDLV members for the American market
- Appendix 2: HAL total passengers, 1873-1914
- Appendix 3: Total passengers of the main services on the North Atlantic and number of sailings, 1899-1914
- Appendix 4: HAL through rates to and from hinterland destinations, 1893-1907
- Appendix 5: New York agents and agents under bond, 1897-1909
- Appendix 6: Advertisements by the HAL in American newspapers.