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DOI:10.1016/0305-7488(77)90143-8 - Corpus ID: 143687974
@article{Grigg1977EGR, title={E. G. Ravenstein and the “laws of migration”}, author={David B. Grigg}, journal={Journal of Historical Geography}, year={1977}, volume={3}, pages={41-54}, url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:143687974}}- D. Grigg
- Published 1977
- History, Sociology
- Journal of Historical Geography
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- Joseph Day
- 2020
Sociology, History
Since their publication in 1885 and 1889 respectively, Ravenstein’s laws of migration – which have since been summarised as eleven broad rules – have achieved something approaching universal…
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- Highly Influenced
- J. T. AlexanderA. Steidl
- 2012
History
Social Science History
Ernest George Ravenstein’s influential “laws of migration” argued that short-distance and within-country moves were typically dominated by women. We use census microdata to take a fresh look at the…
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- H. Kulu
- 2001
Sociology, History
The birth of modern migration studies could be associated with the German British scholar Earnst Georg Ravenstein (Lee, 1966: 47; Grigg, 1977: 41). His studies, (Ravenstein, 1885; 1889) published at…
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- J. T. AlexanderA. Steidl
- 2012
Sociology, History
Ernest George Ravenstein's influential "laws of migration" argued that short- di stance and within- c ountry moves were typically dominated by women. We use census micro- data to take a fresh look at…
- Keith M. BrownA. Kennedy
- 2018
History
Journal of British Studies
Abstract Immigration and its consequences is one of the most contentious issues in the contemporary world, and historians are engaged in this debate by offering a longer-term perspective. In recent…
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- PDF
- Richard WrightM. Ellis
- 2016
Geography
Human migration involves the movement of people from one place to another. It is a geographical process. Our synopsis of contemporary thinking about migration in Geography begins with a section…
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- W. Tobler
- 1995
History
Over one hundred years have passed since Ernst Georg Ravenstein published his “Laws of Migration.” This paper addresses the question of how these laws have withstood the test of time. Ravenstein’s…
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- R. Skeldon
- 2018
Sociology, Political Science
Migration Studies
This paper examines the contribution of Zelinsky’s hypothesis of the mobility transition to research in migration studies over the almost 50 years since its publication in 1971. The transition is…
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- Bernard Deacon
- 2007
Sociology
Abstract Taking its cue from Pooley and Turnbull's (1998) claim that there is no evidence of any difference in the propensity to migrate by region or settlement size, this article investigates the…
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- PDF
- J. Wareing
- 1981
History
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- H. Darby
- 1943
History
ERNEST RAVENSTEIN, writing in 1885, found that the movement of population in England during the nineteenth century was characterized by the fact that it took place in short-distance stages.1 The…
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- Bernice S. MartinMichael Anderson
- 1972
Sociology, History
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- E. Carus-wilson
- 1965
History
O_ ur knowledge of the medieval English borough, like that of the medieval manor, has been much influenced by the legal preoccupations of its first historians. Today we possess many learned studies…
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- D. FriedlanderR. J. Roshier
- 1966
Sociology
Population studies
An attempt is made in this study to transform lifetime migration data into intercensal migration streams and the most significant migration patterns during the period 1851-1951 are described.
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- E. J. Buckatzsch
- 1950
History
F ROM i624 to i814 the cutlery trades in Hallamshire were regulated by the Cutlers' Company.' Among the surviving records of the Company are lists of indentures of apprenticeship signed during the…
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- D. FriedlanderR. J. Roshier
- 1966
Geography, Sociology
Population studies
An attempt is made to assess the extent of migration associated with the marriage process, and its relative contribution to total adult mobility appears to be only slight.
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- E. Wrigley
- 1972
History
1. The census, 1801-1891 M. Drake 2. The study of family structure M. Anderson 3. Sources of inaccuracy in the 1851 and 1861 censuses P. M. Tillott 4. Standard tabulation procedures for the census…
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- N. Tranter
- 1967
History, Sociology
Population studies
Some of the main social and demographic characteristics of a Bedfordshire parish in the second half of the eighteenth century are described, based on an analysis of the 'Listing of Inhabitants' of Cardington in 1782, and on the use of the parish registers.
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- Peter ClarkP. Slack
- 1972
History
1. Introduction, Peter Clark & Paul Slack 2. Ceremony and Citizen: the communal year at Coventry 1450-1550, Charles Phythian-Adams 3. The trade gilds of Tudor York, D.M. Palliser 4. The migrant in…
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- P. Razzell
- 1972
History
Population studies
Comparison of 1851 census data with information about births collected under civil registration, which when applied to the parish of Kingston-on-Thames further confirms the reliability of 18 51 census statements on birthplace and age.
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