Taking the Belgian city of Antwerp as a case-study, this book argues that the direction of nineteenth century societal change was such as to make some groups of people better suited to reap the benefits of new opportunities.
'offers a genuine contribution to history' Economic History Review 'Winter proves her theories with an astonishing amount of data, both on an individual and on an aggregate level, from a very diverse range of historical source material. Moreover, many additional graphs and analyses are added in the appendices. This makes the book a great aid for every historian concerned with urban social history.' Migration Letters 'a major study which all European urban historians as well as migration specialists, will need to read and ponder.' The Low Countries Historical Review
Innehållsförteckning
Acknowledgements, List of Figures, Introduction, 1 Explaining Migration, 2 Migration in the Urban Transition, 3 Migration to a Regional Textile Centre, 1760–1800, 4 Migration to a Port in the Making, 1800–1860, 5 Circuits, Networks and Trajectories, Conclusions, Appendix I: Source Materials, Samples and Classifications, Appendix II: Additional Tables pertaining to Chapters 3–5, Notes, Works Cited, Index
