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People on the Move Attitudes toward and Perceptions of Migration in Medieval and Modern Europe
Harald Kleinschmidt
Book Code: C7417
ISBN: 0-275-97417-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97417-6
304 pages, figures
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 12/30/2003
List Price: $99.95 (UK Sterling Price: £57.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 X 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • Five well-researched chapters discuss theory and specific examples of migration from antiquity through the 20th century.... This compelling analysis is best suited for those with a background in the field. The extensive chapter endnotes reflect an extraordinary breadth of research....Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.
    —Choice     October 2004
  • This is an interesting book concerning a relatively under researched area.
    —American Historical Review     October 2005
Description: While most people in the world are descendants of migrants, not everyone is conscious of the migration patterns of their ancestors. The goals and motives for moving or staying are changing, diverse, and often difficult to specify. As a result of 19th-century residentialist social and political theories, many scholars generally assume that migration is a pattern of behavior that deviates from the norm and requires a specific motive or reason. This study details the variety of changing historical patterns of migrant behavior by examining migration patterns over 1500 years in Europe and Southeast Asia. Kleinschmidt researches migrants and describes how they viewed themselves. He also includes a look at lawmakers, political decision-makers, and administrators to analyze the changes of their attitudes towards and perceptions of migration. The study places migration within and out of the two regions into a long timeframe to demonstrate the ubiquitous and transience of patterns of migrant behavior. It considers external attitudes and perceptions of migration within the context of the social and political theories of their own time. The two distinct geographic foci of the study allow for discussion of the characteristic features of each region.
Table of Contents:
  • General Introduction
  • Migration and Politics: An Overview
  • Dealing with Migrants, Looking at Migration, and Reflecting on Populations.
  • What Is Migration?
  • Aspects of Empirical Migration Research
  • Migration as an Element of Historical Explanations
  • Three Examples of Theories Based on Migration
  • Migration and Travel in Medieval Europe
  • Introduction
  • Migration in Medieval Europe
  • Travel in the Middle Ages
  • Migrationism in the Middle Ages
  • Summary
  • Migration and Travel in the Early Modern Period
  • Introduction
  • Migration in the Early Modern Period
  • Travel in the Early Modern Period
  • Migrationism in the 18th Century
  • Conclusion
  • Migrationism and Migration in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries
  • Introduction
  • Overview of Migration in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries
  • Migrationism in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries
  • Migration and Collective Identity: Germany in the Late 19th and First Half of the 20th Centuries
  • Conclusion
  • Migration and National Identification in Southeast Asia: The Case of Singapore and Malaysia
  • Introduction
  • Singapore
  • Malaysia
  • Conclusion
  • Epilogue
LC Card Number: 2003053667
LCC Class: JV7590
Dewey Class: 304
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