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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451638103321

Titolo

European migration [[electronic resource] ] : what do we know? / / edited by Klaus F. Zimmermann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-280-75907-0

9786610759071

0-19-155523-1

1-4237-8665-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (676 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ZimmermannKlaus F

Disciplina

304.8094

331.62094

Soggetti

Foreign workers - Europe

Labor market - Europe

Labor mobility - Europe

Migrant labor - Europe

Electronic books.

Europe Emigration and immigration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; 1. Introduction: What We Know About European Migration; 2. From Boom to Bust: The Economic Integration of Immigrants in Postwar Sweden; 3. Migration in a Scandinavian Welfare State: The Recent Danish Experience; 4. Irish Migration: Characteristics, Causes, and Consequences; 5. Migration, Migrants, and Policy in the United Kingdom; 6. The Netherlands: Old Emigrants-Young Immigrant Country; 7. German Migration: Development, Assimilation, and Labour Market Effects; 8. Immigrant Adjustment in France and Impacts on the Natives

9. Italian Migration10. Greek Migration: The Two Faces of Janus; 11. Migrations in Spain: Historical Background and Current Trends; 12. International Migration from and to Portugal: What Do We Know and Where Are We Going?; 13. Aliyah to Israel: Immigration under



Conditions of Adversity; 14. The New Immigrants: Immigration and the USA; 15. Canadian Immigration Experience: Any Lessons for Europe?; 16. Europeans in the Antipodes: New Zealand's Mixed Migration Experience; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Developed countries, especially in Europe, face a number of issue related to migration: social and economic disruptions caused by the declining demand for unskilled labour and resulting unemployment, a shortage of skilled labour in many professions, increasing international competition for highly qualified human capital, radical demographic changes, and the forthcoming expansion of the European Union, which will trigger further immigration into major European countries and createnew market opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe.This suggests a need for a deeper knowledge of the causes and

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797799803321

Autore

Kanavou Nikoletta <1977->

Titolo

The names of Homeric heroes : problems and interpretations / / Nikoletta Kanavou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Germany ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

3-11-042202-6

3-11-042197-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Collana

Sozomena, , 1869-6368 ; ; Volume 15

Classificazione

FH 20085

Disciplina

883/.01

Soggetti

Names, Personal, in literature

Onomastics in literature

Greek language - Etymology - Names

Epic poetry, Greek - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introductory notes -- 2. Names from the Iliad -- 3. Names from the Odyssey -- 4. ‘Minor’



speaking names -- 5. Afterword -- 6. Appendix. Homeric Personal Names as Historical Names: Preliminary Remarks -- 7. Bibliography -- Name Index

Sommario/riassunto

The purpose of this book is to contribute to the appreciation of the linguistic, literary and contextual value of Homeric personal names. This is an old topic, which famously interested Plato, and an object of constant scholarly attention from the time of ancient commentators to the present day. The book begins with an introduction to the particularly complex set of factors that affect all efforts to interpret Homeric names. The main chapters are structured around the character and action of selected heroes in their Homeric contexts (in the case of the Iliad, a heroic war; the Odyssey chapter encompasses more than one planes of action). They offer a survey of modern etymologies, set against ancient views on names and naming, in order to reconstruct (as far as possible) the reception of significant names by ancient audiences and further to shed light on the parameters surrounding the choice and use of personal names in Homer. An Appendix touches on the underexplored career of Homeric personal names as historical names, offering data and a preliminary analysis.