Borders and mobility control in and between empires and nation-states / / edited by Jovan Pešalj, Annemarie Steidl, Leo Lucassen and Josef Ehmer.

• TeilnehmendeR: Pesalj, Jovan, 1976-; Steidl, Annemarie, 1965-; Lucassen, Leo, 1959-; Ehmer, Josef, 1948-
• Place / Publishing House: ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in global social history ; v. 46.; Studies in global migration history ; v. 14.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 540 pages) :; illustrations.

The 11 contributions in this volume explore the role of early modern and modern dynastic kingdoms and empires in Europe, the Middle East and Eurasia the evolution of border controls from the 16th to the 20th century.

In a modernist interpretation of migration controls, nation states play a major role. This book challenges this interpretation by showing that comprehensive migration checks and permanent border controls appeared much earlier, in early modern dynastic states and empires, and predated nation states by centuries. The 11 contributions in this volume explore the role of early modern and modern dynastic kingdoms and empires in Europe, the Middle East and Eurasia and the evolution of border controls from the 16th to the 20th century. They analyse how these states interacted with other polities, such as emerging nations states in Europe, North America and Australia, and what this means for a broader reconceptualization of mobility in Europe and beyond in the longue durée. Contributors are: Tobias Brinkmann, Vincent Denis, Sinan Dinçer, Josef Ehmer, Irial A. Glynn, Sabine Jesner, Olga Katsiardi-Hering, Leo Lucassen, Ikaros Mantouvalos, Leslie Page Moch, Jovan Pešalj, Lewis H. Siegelbaum, Annemarie Steidl, and Megan Williams.

Table of Contents

Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Bibliography -- Chapter 1 States, Borders, and Security in Global History -- 1 Borders and the State -- 2 Membership and the Rise of the Nation-State -- 3 Strangers Within: Policing the City -- 4 Migrants Within: Vagrants and Their Enemies -- 5 Outlook -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 Diplomatic Safe Conducts across Sixteenth-Century Habsburg-Ottoman Borders -- 1 Donated Mobility across Borders: The Early Modern Safe-Conduct as Political Present -- 2 The 1527-28 Habardanecz-Weichselberger Embassy -- 3 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3 "Hard Border" Facilitates Migrations: The Habsburg-Ottoman Border Control Regime in the Eighteenth Century -- 1 Sources -- 2 The Social Profile of the Migrants -- 3 The Complex Interrelationship between Religion, Ethnicity, and Occupation -- 4 Ethnicity, Religion and Social Status as Indications for Migration Behavior -- 5 Seasonal Rhythms of Border-Crossing Migration -- 6 Embedding the Seasonal Rhythms of Border-Crossing Migration into Trans-national Network of Fairs -- 7 The Impact of the Quarantine Duration on Migration Frequency -- 8 Border Economics -- 9 Immigration and Habsburg Population Policies -- 10 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4 Clerks, Guards and Physicians: Imperial Staff and the Implementation of Border Security Concepts within the Transylvanian Military Border -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Gränitzer - Transylvanian Military Border Guards -- 3 The 'Contumazbeamten' in the Quarantine Stations -- 4 Assisting Staff: Diplomats, Spies and Scouts -- 5 Final Remarks: State Sectors and Border Controlling -- Bibliography.

Chapter 5 The Mobility Control of "Foreigners" in the Habsburg Monarchy: Entrance, Travel and Residency of the Greek-Orthodox Peoples from Southeastern Europe (Eighteenth to Early Nineteenth Century) -- 1 Aspects of Economic and Trade Control -- 2 Borders, Mobility and Residence -- 3 Control of Religious Faith and Worship: Regulations on the Educational Life -- 4 Regulating Religious Feasts and Working Hours -- 5 Control over Migrants' Education -- 6 Control over Ideas, Political and Ideological Movements -- 7 In Lieu of a Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6 The Control of Mobility in France, 1680-1780 -- 1 Public Authorities and Their Attitudes towards Mobility -- 2 Leaving and Entering the Kingdom -- 3 Internal Mobility -- 4 Practices and Tools of Control -- 5 Compliance, Fraud, Resistance -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7 An Exclusionary Border Regime: The Ottoman Case, 1890-1914 -- 1 Background to the Problem: Subjects on the Move -- 2 Transcaucasian Scene -- 3 An Alliance for Suppression -- 4 Russian Terror in Transcaucasia -- 5 The Refugee Question Emerges -- 6 Ottoman Arguments -- 7 A Multitude of Unknowns: The Numbers -- 8 First Round of Negotiations -- 9 The Second Round of Negotiations -- 10 The Ottoman Victory -- 11 The Implementation of the New Regime -- 12 Keeping Them Out and Sending Them Back -- 13 Depopulation of Eastern Anatolia -- 14 Forced Naturalization of Armenians -- 15 Means and Ends of Border Control -- 16 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 8 Control and Agency: Regimes and Repertoires of Migration in Late Imperial Russia -- Bibliography -- Chapter 9 Borderline Experiences: Russian Return Migrants and Privatized Border Controls in Central Europe, 1880-1914 -- 1 The Bentheim File -- 2 Open Borders -- 3 The Continental Pool and the Privatization of Prussia's Eastern Border -- 4 Return Migration: Unwanted Competition or Threat?.

5 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 10 Border Control on Ellis Island: Austro-Hungarians Crossing the Atlantic in the Age of Mass Migration -- 1 Controlling Migrants' Entry to the United States until the 1890s -- 2 Controlling Migrants on Ellis Island -- 3 Controlling Migrants at the Border of the German Reich -- 4 Controlling Migrants from the Habsburg Empire -- 5 US Immigration Policies after 1917 -- Bibliography -- Chapter 11 Protecting Australia's Borders since the 1850s: At the Cutting Edge of Border Control but on the Edge of International Acceptability -- 1 Chinese Immigration and Restrictionism at the Colonial Border, 1850s-1890s -- 2 White Nation, 1901-1960s -- 3 "Defend, Deter, Detain" -- 4 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.