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Migration and Industrialization in Germany, 1815-1977
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 January 2016
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The rapid expansion of historical demography as a discipline has meant a growing number of studies of past migration (excellent examples are Tugault, 1973; Chatelain, 1976; Piore, 1979), although migration still receives considerably less attention than does fertility or mortality. The study of industrializing cities during the nineteenth century has focused interest on those patterns of migration that caused rapid urban population growth (Anderson, 1971; Anderson, 1980; Crew, 1979; Thernstrom, 1970). Most of these recent studies of internal migration are based on localized information over relatively short periods of time. They provide us with demographic data of unprecedented precision, but the local nature of such studies accentuates their dependence on currently accepted generalizations as guides in the search for and interpretation of evidence.
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An earlier version of this article was presented at the annual meeting of the Social Science History Association in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in November 1979. I thank Eric Johnson and Elizabeth H. Tobin for their helpful comments on previous drafts.
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