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Dates:
1800-1900
Description:

This database documents the movement of people from Great Britain, Ireland, mainland Europe, and Asia to the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. Primary sources include but are not limited to, diaries, correspondence, photographs, oral histories, organizational correspondence, government proceedings, shipping company papers, and records of migrant advocacy groups. The collection covers a variety of topics, such as Chinese indentured laborers, colonization, government immigration policies and their effects, and refugees and displaced people experiences.

Database Type: Archival Collections, Image Collection Interface Language: English Materials Language: English Subject: Anthropology, Asian American Studies, Caribbean Studies, Chinese Studies, East Asian Studies, Eastern and Central European Studies, Global & International Studies, Government, History (U.S.), History (World), Latin American & Iberian Studies, Primary Sources, Religious Studies, Sociology, Women's Studies Broad Category: Area Studies, Ethnic & Gender Studies, Government Information, Multidisciplinary, Social Sciences