This book uses the concept of ""arrival spaces"" to examine the relationship between migration processes, social infrastructures, and the transformation of urban spaces in Europe since the mid-19th century.
Case studies cover cities from London to Palermo and from Antwerp to St. Petersburg, including both metropolises and small towns. The chapters examine the emergence of settlement patterns, the functioning of arrival infrastructures, and the public representations of neighborhoods which have been shaped by internal or international migrations. By understanding these neighborhoods as spaces of arrival and as infrastructural hubs, this volume offers a new perspective on the profound impact of migration on European cities in modern and contemporary history.
This volume makes a valuable contribution to both migration research and urban history and will be of interest to researchers and students studying the relationship between cities and migration in Europe’s past and present.
Edited by:
David Templin
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 600g
ISBN: 9781032320489
ISBN 10: 1032320486
Series: Routledge Advances in Urban History
Pages: 318
Publication Date: 26 December 2025
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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ELT Advanced
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Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
1 Historical Perspectives on Urban Arrival Spaces: An Introduction DAVID TEMPLIN 2 Arrival Spaces in a Russian Metropolis: Immigration and Networks ‘from Below’ in St. Petersburg, 1850-1914 HANS-CHRISTIAN PETERSEN 3 Lodgings Located: Mapping Hospitality in an Urbanizing Port City, Antwerp, 1850-1914 JASPER SEGERINK AND HILDE GREEFS 4 Stigmatizing Space: Jewish East London at the Fin de Siècle HANNAH EWENCE 5 One Street as a Mooring of Arrival: Micro-Historical Perspectives on Nørrebro in Copenhagen as an Arrival Neighborhood, 1890-1940 GARBI SCHMIDT 6 “All-round Support for Russian Refugees in Need”: Welfare Infrastructures of Arrival of the Russian Emigration in National Socialist Berlin, 1933-1945 MARINA CHERNYKH 7 Urban Hubs of Arrival: A Comparison of Arrival Neighborhoods and Infrastructures in Hamburg around 1900 and around 1970 DAVID TEMPLIN 8 In the Shadow of the Industrial Metropolis: Italian Migrants’ Arrival Spaces in Turin and Munich, 1950s-1970s OLGA SPARSCHUH 9 Arriving in “Dammanns Hof”: A Case Study on a Small-Town High-Rise Estate in West Germany in the 1970s and 1980s JENS GRÜNDLER 10 Changing Geographies of Landing in Italy: Migration Movements and Spaces in Contemporary Milan and Palermo MARTINA BOVO 10 Arriving in Peripheral Neighborhoods: Dimensions of Inclusion and Exclusion in a Large East German Housing Estate NIHAD EL-KAYED, LEONI KESKİNKILIÇ, VOJIN ŠERBEDŽIJA AND ANNA WIEGAND 12 Tales of the “Good Neighborhood”: Post-Soviet Immigrants in a German City NINO AIVAZISHVILI-GEHNE
David Templin is a historian at the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) and interim professor for Modern History and Migration History at the University of Osnabrück. His research interests include migration history, urban history, social movements, and youth cultures. His current research focuses on arrival neighborhoods in 20th-century Hamburg.
