1st Edition

Arrival Neighborhoods in Europe since the mid-19th Century Migrations, Cities, Infrastructures

Edited By David Templin Copyright 2025
326 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

326 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

326 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

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

 

Biography

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.