Scandinavian Exodus

Demography And Social Development Of 19th Century Rural Communities

Briant Lindsay Lowell (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

262 Seiten

2019
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-28660-6 (ISBN)

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First published in 1987. During the last half of the nineteenth century, nearly two million Norwegians and Swedes migrated to the United States. In this volume economic change, agricultural development, and the course of the demographic transition are separately considered to isolate the causes underlying the emigration.

First published in 1987. During the last half of the nineteenth century, nearly two million Norwegians and Swedes migrated to the United States. Declining rates of emigration are moderately associated with the development of urban-industrialization in Scandinavia toward the end of the 19th century. Still, the major explanation of the decline of emigration is argued to be less a response to new urban opportunities than the end result of the transformation of rural, peasant classes and the decay of the diffusion process. In this volume economic change, agricultural development, and the course of the demographic transition are separately considered to isolate the causes underlying the emigration. The social historical context is examined with an eye toward casting the results of this study in a broader light. Those lessons learned in the study of Scandinavian experience are applicable to similar processes currently unfolding in contemporary developing countries.

Briant Lindsay Lowell

1 Introduction, 2 Theory on the Causes of Emigration , 3 Theoretical Orientation, 4 Hands Across the Water: Swedish Emigration 1881-1900, 5 Tradition and Change: Norway's Emigration 1875-1905, 6 Summary and Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	14.09.2019
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 233 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-367-28660-2 / 0367286602
ISBN-13	978-0-367-28660-6 / 9780367286606
Zustand	Neuware