Advances in parallel and distributed computing : March 19-21, 1997, Shanghai, China : proceedings

• Record Nr.: UNISA996204386603316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Place of publication not identified], : IEEE Computer Society Press, 1997
• Disciplina: 004/.35
• Soggetti: Parallel processing (Electronic computers) - Congresses; Electronic data processing - Distributed processing - Congresses; Engineering & Applied Sciences; Computer Science
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Across the North Sea [[electronic resource] ] : the impact of the Dutch Republic on international labour migration, c. 1550-1850 / / Jelle van Lottum

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789730003321
• Autore: Lottum Jelle von
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam, : Aksant, 2007
• ISBN: 1-283-25951-6; 9786613259516; 90-485-2107-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Collana: Close encounters with the Dutch
• Disciplina: 900
• Soggetti: Netherlands Emigration and immigration History; North Sea Emigration and immigration History
• 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: Across the North Sea; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 | Migrationin the NorthSea region,1550-1800: an assessment; 2 | The North Sea migration system; 3 | Comparing the two cores Migration to the Netherlands and England compared; 4 | Changing opportunities Labour market change and migration to the Netherlands; 5 | Two waves of mass migration Early modern and nineteenth century migration compared; Conclusions; Appendix I Estimate of the size of emigration in the North Sea region; Appendix II Six cross-sections of the Dutch maritime labour market; Appendix III Estimate of the foreign workforce in the different branches of the Dutch maritime labour marketAppendix IV Urbanization in the North Sea region,1600-1800; Summary in Dutch; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Daily life in the early modern North Sea region was largely subject to international forces. International developments like wars, trade and changing religion trickled through all layers of society, and almost everyone enjoyed or suffered from the consequences. People, however, also came in direct contact with the outer world: they moved to another country, and did so in great numbers. The centre of attention for most international migrants from the North Sea region was the Dutch Republic. From 1550 to 1800 this small confederation of provinces attracted hundreds of thousands of foreigners to