Migration, Settlement and Belonging in Europe, 1500–1930s: Comparative Perspectives

Published by Berghahn Books 2013

Migration, Settlement and Belonging in Europe, 1500–1930s

Comparative Perspectives

Edited by: Steven King and Anne Winter

Volume 23 in the series International Studies in Social History

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782381464

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The issues around settlement, belonging, and poor relief have for too long been understood largely from the perspective of England and Wales. This volume offers a pan-European survey that encompasses Switzerland, Prussia, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Britain. It explores how the conception of belonging changed over time and space from the 1500s onwards, how communities dealt with the welfare expectations of an increasingly mobile population that migrated both within and between states, the welfare rights that were attached to those who “belonged,” and how ordinary people secured access to welfare resources. What emerged was a sophisticated European settlement system, which on the one hand structured itself to limit the claims of the poor, and yet on the other was peculiarly sensitive to their demands and negotiations.

Author / Editor information

Steven King is Professor of Medical Humanities and Economic History at the University of Leicester. He has published widely on the history of demography, poverty, and welfare. Some of his most recent publications include articles in the Journal of Family History and Annales HSS.

Anne Winter is Lecturer and Francqui Research Professor in the history department of the Vrije Universiteit-Brussel. Her publications include Migrants and Urban Change: Newcomers to Antwerp, 1760-1860 (Pickering & Chatto, 2009) and Gated Communities? Regulating Migration in Early Modern Cities (with Bert De Munck, Ashgate, 2012).

Steven King is Professor of Medical Humanities and Economic History at the University of Leicester. He has published widely on the history of demography, poverty, and welfare. Some of his most recent publications include articles in the Journal of Family History and Annales HSS.

Reviews

“…a valuable and engaging contribution to historical debates about labor, poverty, relief, and belonging…[The papers] are written by leaders in their fields…and pulled together [by the editors] in an elegant and convincing treatment of the case for such a geographical spread.” · Alannah Tomkins, University of Keele

“…a very valuable collection of articles on an important subject of social history in the long period running from the end of the Middle Ages to the 20th century…[Of particular interest] for an Anglo-American readership is the innovative comparative perspective that must be seen as a substantial contribution to the ongoing international research on poverty, poor relief and migration in Europe… All articles are of good, very good or outstanding academic quality.” · Lutz Raphael, Trier University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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Introduction. Settlement and Belonging in Europe, 1500–1930s: Structures, Negotiations and Experiences Joanna Innes, Steven King and Anne Winter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Settlement and the Law in the Seventeenth Century David Feldman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
2 Double Deterrence: Settlement and Practice in London’s West End, 1725–1824 Jeremy Boulton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
3 Poor Relief, Settlement and Belonging in England, 1780s to 1840s Steven King Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
4 Memories of Pauperism Jane Humphries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
5 Belonging, Settlement and the New Poor Law in England and Wales 1870s–1900s Elizabeth Hurren Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
6 Citizens But Not Belonging: Migrants’ Diffi culties in Obtaining Entitlement to Relief in Switzerland from the 1550s to the Early Twentieth Century Anne-Lise Head-König Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
7 Overrun by Hungry Hordes?: Migration and Poor Relief in the Netherlands, Sixteenth to Twentieth Centuries Marco H. D. van Leeuwen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
8 Agrarian Change, Labour Organization and Welfare Entitlements in the North-Sea Area, c. 1650–1800 Thijs Lambrecht Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
9 Settlement Law and Rural-Urban Relief Transfers in Nineteenth-Century Belgium: A Case Study on Migrants’ Access to Relief in Antwerp Anne Winter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	228
10 Trajectories of German Settlement Regulations: The Prussian Rhine Province, 1815–1914 Andreas Gestrich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
Afterword. National Citizenship and Migrants’ Social Rights in Twentieth-Century Europe Paul-André Rosental Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 326
Keywords: Refugee and Migration Studies; History (General)

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Published: November 1, 2013
ISBN: 9781782381464