Points of Passage : : Jewish Migrants from Eastern Europe in Scandinavia, Germany, and Britain 1880-1914 / / ed. by Tobias Brinkmann.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Brinkmann, Tobias,; Carlsson, Carl Henrik,; Eilers, Nicole Kvale,; Keeling, Drew,; Kushner, Tony,; Lüthi, Barbara,; Sebak, Per Kristian,; Weber, Klaus,
• HerausgeberIn: Brinkmann, Tobias,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (186 p.)

Between 1880 and 1914 several million Eastern Europeans migrated West. Much is known about the immigration experience of Jews, Poles, Greeks, and others, notably in the United States. Yet, little is known about the paths of mass migration across “green borders” via European railway stations and ports to destinations in other continents. Ellis Island, literally a point of passage into America, has a much higher symbolic significance than the often inconspicuous departure stations, makeshift facilities for migrant masses at European railway stations and port cities, and former control posts along borders that were redrawn several times during the twentieth century. This volume focuses on the journeys of Jews from Eastern Europe through Germany, Britain, and Scandinavia between 1880 and 1914. The authors investigate various aspects of transmigration including medical controls, travel conditions, and the role of the steamship lines; and also review the rise of migration restrictions around the globe in the decades before 1914.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction POINTS OF PASSAGE Reexamining Jewish Migrations from Eastern Europe after 1880 -- PART I MEDICALIZATION OF BORDERS -- 1 GERMS OF ANARCHY, CRIME, DISEASE, AND DEGENERACY Jewish Migration to the United States and the Medicalization of European Borders around 1900 -- PART II TRANSIT THROUGH SCANDINAVIA, GERMANY, AND BRITAIN -- 2 IMMIGRANTS OR TRANSMIGRANTS? Eastern European Jews in Sweden, 1860–1914 -- 3 EMIGRANT TRAINS Jewish Migration through Prussia and American Remote Control, 1880–1914 -- 4 TRANSMIGRANTS BETWEEN LEGAL RESTRICTIONS AND PRIVATE CHARITY The Jews’ Temporary Shelter in London, 1885–1939 -- PART III ATLANTIC PASSAGES -- 5 THE IMPROVEMENT OF TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR MIGRANTS CROSSING THE NORTH ATLANTIC, 1900–1914 -- 6 RUSSIAN-JEWISH TRANSMIGRATION AND SCANDINAVIAN SHIPPING COMPANIES The Case of DFDS and the Atlantic Rate War of 1904–1905 -- 7 THE BOYS AND GIRLS NOT FROM BRAZIL From Russia to Rio and Back Again Via Southampton and Hamburg, 1878–1880 -- Contributors -- Selected Bibliography -- Index