Globalisation versus de-coupling: German emigration and the evolution of the Atlantic labour market 1870-1913

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 387-418

  Grant, Oliver ^a  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

German emigration; Migrant occupations; Migrant skills; United States immigration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242371122     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4983(03)00047-0     Document Type: Article

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