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The Role of Foreign-born Agents in the Development of Mass Migrant Travel through Britain, 1851-1924 (2007)
Book Chapter
Evans, N. J. (2007). The Role of Foreign-born Agents in the Development of Mass Migrant Travel through Britain, 1851-1924. In T. Feys, L. R. Fischer, S. Hoste, & S. Vanfraechem (Eds.), Maritime Transport and Migration: The Connections between Maritime and Migration Networks (49–62). Liverpool University Press. https://doi.org/10.5949/liverpool/9780973893434.003.0004

This chapter examines how Britain profited from the foreign component of the passenger trade through the employment of foreign-born agents in the development of British business ventures. It considers the role of commercial agents, translators, and l... Read More about The Role of Foreign-born Agents in the Development of Mass Migrant Travel through Britain, 1851-1924.

No place to call home: The 1807-1857 life writings of Caroline Barnes Crosby, chronicler of outlying Mormon communities (2006)
Journal Article
Porter, J. (2006). No place to call home: The 1807-1857 life writings of Caroline Barnes Crosby, chronicler of outlying Mormon communities. Journal of the West, 45(1), 90

The article reviews the book "No Place to Call Home: The 1807-1857 Life Writings of Caroline Barnes Crosby, Chronicler of Outlying Mormon Communities," edited by Edward Leo Lyman, Susan Ward Payne and S. George Ellsworth.

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Volume 3: 12 August 1810 to 17 June 1811 (2006)
Book
Ray, K., Looney, J., Perdue, S., Haggard, R., & Lautenschlager, J. (2006). The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Volume 3: 12 August 1810 to 17 June 1811. Princeton University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv301fsm

Volume Three of the definitive edition of Thomas Jefferson's papers from the end of his presidency until his death presents 567 documents covering the period from 12 August 1810 to 17 June 1811. Jefferson is now firmly ensconced in retirement at Mont... Read More about The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Volume 3: 12 August 1810 to 17 June 1811.

Socio-economic dislocation and inter-war emigration to Canada and the United States: A Scottish snapshot (2006)
Journal Article
Harper, M., & Evans, N. J. (2006). Socio-economic dislocation and inter-war emigration to Canada and the United States: A Scottish snapshot. Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 34(4), 529-552. https://doi.org/10.1080/03086530600991456

During the 1920s emigration from Scotland exceeded the natural growth of population. Yet relatively little attention has been paid to the mechanisms of relocation, the regional and occupational origins and destinations of the emigrants or their demog... Read More about Socio-economic dislocation and inter-war emigration to Canada and the United States: A Scottish snapshot.

Fire and quake in the construction of Old Manila (2006)
Journal Article
Bankoff, G. (2006). Fire and quake in the construction of Old Manila. Medieval History Journal, 10(1-2), 411-427. https://doi.org/10.1177/097194580701000215

Manila, was one of the grandest early modern European cities in Asia, yet it was destroyed by fire and earthquake on numerous occasions. Over successive reconstructions, it evolved a style of architecture and urban planning that reconciled alien noti... Read More about Fire and quake in the construction of Old Manila.

The politics of performance : transnationalism and its limits in former Yugoslav popular music, 1999-2004 (2006)
Journal Article
Baker, C. (2006). The politics of performance : transnationalism and its limits in former Yugoslav popular music, 1999-2004. Ethnopolitics, 5(3), 275-293. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449050600911075

This paper examines transnational relations between the Yugoslav successor states from the point of view of popular music, and demonstrates how transnational musical figures (such as Djordje Balasevic, Momcilo Bajagic-Bajaga and Ceca Raznatovic) are... Read More about The politics of performance : transnationalism and its limits in former Yugoslav popular music, 1999-2004.