Lives in transition : longitudinal analysis from historical sources /

Lives in transition : longitudinal analysis from historical sources / edited by Peter Baskerville and Kris Inwood. - 1 online resource (xii, 381 pages) : illustrations (some colour) - Carleton library series ; 232 . - Carleton library series ; 232. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-370) and index.

Introuduction -- Part one : Transnational migrations -- Part two : Mobility in the rural world -- Part three : Mobility in the urban world -- Part four : Ethnicity and war.

Collective histories and broad social change are informed by the ways in which personal lives unfold. This book examines individual experiences within such collective histories during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Collective histories and broad social change are informed by the ways in which personal lives unfold. Lives in Transition examines individual experiences within such collective histories during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This collection brings together sources from Europe, North America, and Australia in order to advance the field of quantitative longitudinal historical research. The essays examine the lives and movements of various populations over time that were important for Europe and its overseas settlements - including the experience of convicts transported to Australia and Scots who moved freely to New Zealand. The micro-level roots of economic change and social mobility of settler society are analyzed through populations studies of Chicago, Montreal, as well as rural communities in Canada and the United States. Several studies also explore ethnic inequality as experienced by Polish immigrants, French-Canadians, and Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Lives in Transition demonstrates how the analysis of collective experience through both individual-level and large-scale data at different moments in history opens up important avenues for social science and historical research. Contributors include Luiza Antonie (Guelph), Peter Baskerville (Alberta), Kandace Bogaert (McMaster), John Cranfield (Guelph), Gordon Darroch (York), Allegra Fryxell (Cambridge), Ann Herring (McMaster), Kris Inwood (Guelph), Rebecca Kippen (Melbourne), Rebecca Lenihan (Guelph), Susan Hautaniemi Leonard (Michigan), Hamish Maxwell-Stewart (Tasmania), Janet McCalman (Melbourne), Evan Roberts (Minnesota), J. Andrew Ross (Guelph), Sherry Olson (McGill), Ken Sylvester (Michigan), Jane van Koeverden (Waterloo), Aaron Van Tassel (Western). "The use of longitudinal historical data created by linking individual-level information in two or more large-scale databases is a relatively new technique to study patterns of social and geographic mobility. The chapters in Lives in Transition draw on census material from Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand and, as a result, scholars from an array of countries will be able to see firsthand how this technique can generate new and interesting lines of historical and sociological inquiry." Vic Satzewich, Department of Sociology, McMaster University.

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1800-1999


Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.
Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
Migration, Internal--History--19th century.
Migration, Internal--History--20th century.
Immigrants--Social conditions--19th century.
Immigrants--Social conditions--20th century.
Émigration et immigration--Histoire--19e siècle.
Émigration et immigration--Histoire--20e siècle.
Migration intérieure--Histoire--19e siècle.
Migration intérieure--Histoire--20e siècle.
Immigrants--Conditions sociales--19e siècle.
Immigrants--Conditions sociales--20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Emigration & Immigration.
Emigration and immigration.
Immigrants--Social conditions.
Migration, Internal.


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