Emigration agents and the agency of the urban press: approaches to transatlantic migration in Hungary, 1880s–1914
Emigration agents and the agency of the urban press: approaches to transatlantic migration in Hungary, 1880s–1914
This article argues the importance of the urban press in shaping public opinion about transatlantic migration using the representation of emigration agents and agencies in the Hungarian press in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. This also draws light to the importance of Budapest not only as a critical hub of emigration movements in terms of administration, transportation and information network that directed and controlled overseas emigration, but also as an agent of communication: the urban press, inseparable from the constantly transforming urban space, was a key agent in the transmission of knowledge and forming public opinion about the emigration question that was in the centre of political, social and cultural discourse during this period.
emigration agents, Budapest, urban press, transatlantic migration, Hungary, Habsburg Empire
352-374
Stráner, Katalin
31f2e696-6c05-4693-bc47-6bd4784f1137
30 September 2016
Stráner, Katalin
31f2e696-6c05-4693-bc47-6bd4784f1137
Stráner, Katalin
(2016)
Emigration agents and the agency of the urban press: approaches to transatlantic migration in Hungary, 1880s–1914.
Journal of Migration History, 2 (2), .
(doi:10.1163/23519924-00202007).
Abstract
This article argues the importance of the urban press in shaping public opinion about transatlantic migration using the representation of emigration agents and agencies in the Hungarian press in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. This also draws light to the importance of Budapest not only as a critical hub of emigration movements in terms of administration, transportation and information network that directed and controlled overseas emigration, but also as an agent of communication: the urban press, inseparable from the constantly transforming urban space, was a key agent in the transmission of knowledge and forming public opinion about the emigration question that was in the centre of political, social and cultural discourse during this period.
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Accepted/In Press date: 1 April 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 30 September 2016
Published date: 30 September 2016
Keywords:
emigration agents, Budapest, urban press, transatlantic migration, Hungary, Habsburg Empire
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/413986
ISSN: 2351-9916
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