HIST 264 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Castle Clinton, Demographic Transition, Europe 1
6 Jul 2017
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The first wave of european immigration, 1840-1880 (just the rst swell of the wave) Very little regulation of who can and cannot come. 1892: ellis island: extent of the first wave of european immigration. The major immigrant groups: irish focus of today, german very hard to tell what they may be this a ects society a lot, english constant stream of immigration throughout the 1900s, scandinavian (swedish, norwegian, danish) The (general) push factors in europe: the demographic transition. Starting west and northern europe - east/south europe. Beginning stage: high birth rates, high death rates pre-industrialism. Middle stage: process food production is better sewage is better hygiene is better. End stage: low birth rates, low death rates: relative over population. 20th century worst over population: 1750-1850: decline in feudal restrictions even as its in decline, serfs are staying in the same areas they had been living. Industrialization: people are no longer tied to land: transformation to an industrialized economy.
