The battle over the emigrants: the competition between the different emigration ports over the emigrant trade from the European continent to New York 1815-1914

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Ghent University

After 1815 European emigration to the United States started. A system developed by which shipping agents chartered space on a ship. In ordet to secure the supply a network of emigration agents developed as well. Besides Bremen and Le Havre the ports of Rotterdam, Liverpool, Antwerp and Hamburg attracted a share of this lucrative emigrant trade.

Timeframe:

1 Jan 2005 → 31 Oct 2009

Keywords:

ports,networks,migration,maritime and migration

Discipline codes:

• HUMANITIES (H)
  • History and arts
    • Contemporary history (ca. 1800 - 1914)
    • Contemporary history (since 1914)
    • Social and economic history