Migration and Maritime Networks in the Atlantic Economy: An Introduction
Migration and Maritime Networks in the Atlantic Economy: An Introduction
This chapter explores the factors that caused the acceleration of transatlantic migration in the latter nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Major contributing factors include the transition from sail to steam technology; the decrease in the price of a transatlantic tickets (due, in part, to fierce business competition); the growing presence of emigration agents and the campaigns to fill passenger lists; the increasing presence of government regulation; and the interpersonal ties of chain migration networks. It then outlines the aims of subsequent chapters and states the overall aim of the journal: to stimulate further academic research into the crossover between maritime and migrant networks.
Keywords: Age of Steam, Steamships, Emigrant Agents, Chain Migration
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