Klassen-Grenzen: Migrationskontrolle im 19. Jahrhundert

Authors

  • Andreas Fahrmeir Frankfurt am Main

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12946/rg12/125-138

Abstract

On the basis of an analysis of the legislation passed to control migration, passport formats and the practice of frontier controls, this paper argues that social rank – often directly tied to class of travel – remained a crucial category for migration control even in the liberal, bourgeois nineteenth century. It could rival nationality, ethnicity, or religion as a basis of inclusion or exclusion at borders. Even the First World War did not lead to a complete triumph of nationality or race over rank as a focus of migration control policies; some traditions established before 1914 continued into the twentieth century.

Published

2008-04-03

How to Cite

Fahrmeir, Andreas, Klassen-Grenzen: Migrationskontrolle im 19. Jahrhundert , in: Rechtsgeschichte – Legal History Rg 12 (2008) 125-138, online: https://doi.org/10.12946/rg12/125-138

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