1st Edition

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

Edited By David Templin Copyright 2025
    296 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 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.

    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.