Exploring Migrant Lives

von Jan, Svenja

Non-Elite South Asian Migration to Hamburg and Beyond From a Microhistorical Perspective, c. 1920-1950

dc.contributor.advisor	Ahuja, Ravi Prof. Dr.
dc.contributor.author	von Jan, Svenja
dc.date.accessioned	2023-08-10T12:22:28Z
dc.date.available	2023-08-17T00:50:10Z
dc.date.issued	2023-08-10
dc.identifier.uri	http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?ediss-11858/14825
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.53846/goediss-10049
dc.format.extent	299	de
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.rights	Attribution 4.0 International	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject.ddc	100	de
dc.title	Exploring Migrant Lives	de
dc.title.alternative	Non-Elite South Asian Migration to Hamburg and Beyond From a Microhistorical Perspective, c. 1920-1950	de
dc.type	doctoralThesis	de
dc.contributor.referee	Ahuja, Ravi Prof. Dr.
dc.date.examination	2022-09-07	de
dc.description.abstracteng	The thesis investigates the mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion for non-elite South Asian migrants in European port cities in the interwar period through the lens of two historic biographies. The focus of the study is on Hamburg, more specifically, on the Sankt Pauli dock neighbourhood, although the narrative follows the newcomers to other port cities like Antwerp and London as well. Despite not being a major port of arrival for South Asian migrants in the interwar period, Hamburg nevertheless had long-standing trading connections to India and a small Chinese and African diaspora. To approximate the limits and possibilities of non-elite South Asian migration, this study especially focusses on the socio-economic, political, and occupational networks and infrastructures within which the migrants operated, which are presented in separate chapters but also as part of a comprehensive analysis of their life trajectories Their personal histories, attachments, experiences, relationships, and legal and social statuses linked them to a variety of places and people. These connections often increased their prospects of staying in a new country but could also amplify their marginalisation. Methodologically, the thesis employs microhistory and historic biography. In the absence of quantifiable data, microhistory provided a lens through which to observe and make sense of the experience the marginalized. Historic Biography not only contributed a convenient narrative form. The seemingly chaotic and incoherent succession of biographic episodes, events, moments, and snapshots as retrieved from the sources also required a methodological framework which considered the underlying socio-economic patterns informing the migrants’ choices and actions to bring structure into the chaos. Only a consistent narrative and methodological framework allowed for the mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion of South Asian non-elite migrants to emerge through the lens of individual cases.	de
dc.contributor.coReferee	Oltmer, Jochen Prof. Dr.
dc.contributor.thirdReferee	Habermas, Rebekka Prof. Dr.
dc.subject.eng	History of Migration	de
dc.subject.eng	South Asian Migration	de
dc.subject.eng	Interwar Period	de
dc.subject.eng	Microhistory	de
dc.subject.eng	Historic Biography	de
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:gbv:7-ediss-14825-9
dc.affiliation.institute	Philosophische Fakultät	de
dc.subject.gokfull	Philosophie (PPN619942320)	de
dc.description.embargoed	2023-08-17	de
dc.identifier.ppn	1855538520
dc.notes.confirmationsent	Confirmation sent 2023-08-10T12:45:02	de

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