European Migrations

Listed in: European Studies, as EUST-335  |  History, as HIST-335

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Faculty: Ellen R. Boucher (Section 01)

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You might start with the following sources to get background information or to contextualize primary sources:

The Encyclopedia of Migration and Minorities in Europe: From the Seventeenth Century to the Present / Klaus J. Bade, editor. LOCATION: AC Frost Reference / JV7590 .E4913 2011

Victorian Britain : an Encyclopedia / Sally Mitchell, editor. LOCATION: AC Frost Reference / DA550 .V53 1988

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World / Peter N. Stearns, editor. LOCATION: AC Frost Reference / D205 .O94 2008

The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals: 1824-1900 / Walter E. Houghton, editor. LOCATION: AC Frost Reference / Z2005 .H6 [Especially useful if you plan to use British Periodicals.]

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  • Emigration and immigration
  • Immigrants
  • Migration, internal
  • Europe [or use the country name(s)]
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