The Problem of the Immigrant (Classic Reprint): A Brief Discussion, with a Summary of Conditions, Laws, and Regulations Governing the Movement of ... Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Spain, - Softcover

James Davenport Whelpley

 
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Synopsis

How laws, passports, and policies shaped who could move—and where they could go.

Governing Movement surveys the way government rules directed emigration and immigration across Europe and North America. It draws on historical laws and official practices to show how movement was regulated, who faced barriers, and how people navigated a maze of permits, borders, and institutions.

From Russia’s May Laws to the controls over passports in Sweden, Norway, and the United States, the book links policy to real outcomes. You’ll see how military service, official surveillance, and bureaucratic hurdles pushed many emigrants to seek new lives abroad, often through complex routes that included England and the Atlantic passage.
  • How official rules shaped who could leave a country and who could enter another
  • The role of passports, permits, and police oversight in daily migration
  • How different nations organized emigration traffic and protected travelers
  • The intersection of law, policy, and the human experience of movement
Ideal for readers of immigration history, policy studies, and social history who want a clear picture of how governance steered migration in the modern era.

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Publisher: Cornell University Library, 2009
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