Migration and the European city social and cultural perspectives from early modernity to the present

Looking back over the centuries, migration has always formed an important part of human existence. Spatial mobility emerges as a key driver of urban evolution, characterized by situation-specific combinations of opportunities, restrictions, and fears. This collection of essays investigates interacti...

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Main Author: Cornelißen, Christoph ([Herausgeberin/-geber])
Other Authors: Kümin, Beat ([Herausgeberin/-geber]), Rospocher, Massimo ([Herausgeberin/-geber])
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2022, ©2022
Series:Studies in early modern and contemporary European history
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Collection: DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Migration and the European City I. Overviews Migration and Cities Today “Parcours” and Maps II. Communities Migration, Identity, Urban Society (Dis)connecting Mobilities Strangers in the Salon Migration and the Making of the World Capital III. Policies Prove Your Origin Whose Freedom of Movement? Variants, Race Relations, and Trend-Setters IV. Representations The Sounds of a “Migropolis” Migrations and Super-Diversity in Eighteenth-Century Trieste “Urban Dreaming”