Ireland, Sweden and the Great European Migration
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Ireland, Sweden and the Great European Migration by Donald Harman Akenson
Argues (against the increasing refusal of mainstream historians to use empirical databases) that the history community still has a lot to learn from economic historians; and, simultaneously, that narrow, economically based explanations of the Great European Migration leave out many of the most important aspects of the whole complex transaction.
This monumental study clearly will have a huge impact in the fieldTypically of Akenson, an original thinker of the first order, it debunks many myths, half-truths, and lazy assumptions on the part of historians. However, this isn't simply a book which debunks. It isn't a tract or a treatise. Its central contribution is in offering one of the best (perhaps the very best) comparative history of European emigration.
Donald MacRaild
Akenson has presented us with an insightful and engaging book whose greatest weakness is its miniscule typeface; the fact that I was nonetheless willing to pore over its every page is testimony enough to the quality of its content.
Walter D. Kamphoefner, Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History
Ireland, Sweden and the Great European Migration is a vital and thought-provoking read, not only for the scholar interested in Ireland’s and Sweden’s history and migration and European history and migration more generally, but also comparative endeavours.
Angela McCarthy, Australasian Journal of Irish Studies 12
This is a masterful economic-demographic study by a master of that approach. As such, emigrant voices usually count for little, for as has been argued, statistics do not bleed—neither do they tell the claims of a steamship agent, cheer the arrival of an “America letter,” or breathe with both sadness and hope as the ship turns from the coast and the beloved but wretched homeland fades in the distance.
Mark Wyman, The American Historical Review Volume 117, Issue 4
Donald MacRaild
'This book stands as a remarkable text that weaves statistical analysis with incisive historiograohical commentary to produce a lively argument. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries.'
M.J. O'Brien,Choice, Vol. 49, No. 07
Akenson has presented us with an insightful and engaging book whose greatest weakness is its miniscule typeface; the fact that I was nonetheless willing to pore over its every page is testimony enough to the quality of its content.
Walter D. Kamphoefner, Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History
Ireland, Sweden and the Great European Migration is a vital and thought-provoking read, not only for the scholar interested in Ireland’s and Sweden’s history and migration and European history and migration more generally, but also comparative endeavours.
Angela McCarthy, Australasian Journal of Irish Studies 12
This is a masterful economic-demographic study by a master of that approach. As such, emigrant voices usually count for little, for as has been argued, statistics do not bleed—neither do they tell the claims of a steamship agent, cheer the arrival of an “America letter,” or breathe with both sadness and hope as the ship turns from the coast and the beloved but wretched homeland fades in the distance.
Mark Wyman, The American Historical Review Volume 117, Issue 4
Donald Harman Akenson is currently Douglas Professor of Canadian and Colonial History at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. He was also beamish Research Professor of Migration Studies at the University of Liverpool from 1997-2004 and Honorary Professor at the Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Aberdeen. Akenson has received six honorary doctorates for his scholarly work.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781846317507 |
| ISBN 10 | 1846317509 |
| Title | Ireland, Sweden and the Great European Migration |
| Author | Donald Harman Akenson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press |
| Year published | 2013-02-22 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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