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The business of transatlantic migrat...

Keeling, Andrew Allan.

The business of transatlantic migration between Europe and the United States of America, 1900--1914.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The business of transatlantic migration between Europe and the United States of America, 1900--1914.
Author:	Keeling, Andrew Allan.
Description:	413 p.
Notes:	Chair: Gerald Feldman.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-08, Section: A, page: 3060.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International66-08A.
Subject:	History, European.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3187066
ISBN:	9780542294303

The business of transatlantic migration between Europe and the United States of America, 1900--1914.
Keeling, Andrew Allan.

The business of transatlantic migration between Europe and the United States of America, 1900--1914. - 413 p.

Chair: Gerald Feldman.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2005.

Although it was economically advantageous for migrants, the steamship lines transporting them, and the economies of sending and receiving countries, early twentieth century transatlantic migration was inherently risky for all these parties. Coping with risk was a central component of their policies towards and involvement with migration. The most important forms of such risk amelioration were congruent and cooperative measures amongst and between migrants, shipping companies and government regulatory agencies.

ISBN: 9780542294303Subjects--Topical Terms:

212425
History, European.

The business of transatlantic migration between Europe and the United States of America, 1900--1914.
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