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The Battle for the Migrants : The Introduction of Steamshipping on the North Atlantic and its Impact on the European Exodus
- Title
- The Battle for the Migrants : The Introduction of Steamshipping on the North Atlantic and its Impact on the European Exodus / Torsten Feys.
- Author
- Feys, Torsten
- Publication
- St. John's, Newfoundland : International Maritime Economic History Association, 2013.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | JV7590 .F49 2013 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- International Maritime Economic History Association, issuing body.
- Description
- viii, 409 pages : charts, tables; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- Research in maritime history, 1188-3928 ; no. 50
- Uniform Title
- Research in maritime history ; no. 50.
- Subject
- 1800-1999
- Immigrants > United States > History > 19th century
- Immigrants > United States > History > 20th century
- Steamboats > North Atlantic Ocean > History
- Shipping companies (Marine transportation) > North Atlantic Ocean > History
- Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects
- Immigrants
- Shipping companies (Marine transportation)
- Steamboats
- Schiffbau
- Schiffbauindustrie
- Europe > Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects
- Europe
- North Atlantic Ocean
- United States
- England
- Europe > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
- United States > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century
- United States > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-409).
- Contents
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9781927869000
- 1927869005
- LCCN
- 2013464320
- OCLC
- ocn857797665
- 857797665
- SCSB-1782558
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library