Migration and decentralised industrialisation: the development of rural migration in northern Sweden (1850–1950)
Abstract This article investigates the development of rural migration in northern Sweden (1850–1950). During this period, northern Sweden experienced a slower rate of urbanisation than the rest of the country. This study proposes that decentralised industrialisation (i.e., rural-industrial labour, p...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0956793323000092 2024-03-03T08:47:25+00:00 Migration and decentralised industrialisation: the development of rural migration in northern Sweden (1850–1950) Sundvall, Samuel 2023 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0956793323000092 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0956793323000092 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Rural History page 1-20 ISSN 0956-7933 1474-0656 Urban Studies Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) History Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2023 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0956793323000092 2024-02-08T08:42:31Z Abstract This article investigates the development of rural migration in northern Sweden (1850–1950). During this period, northern Sweden experienced a slower rate of urbanisation than the rest of the country. This study proposes that decentralised industrialisation (i.e., rural-industrial labour, predominantly in the timber industry) introduced inertia to the urbanisation process by lowering the rate of rural-to-urban migration. Using longitudinal, individual-level data from the county of Västerbotten, the development of migration rates and migrant characteristics is explored via descriptive statistics. The rural population’s development and migration patterns closely correlate to the development of decentralised industrialisation. The results, therefore, indicate that decentralised industrialisation is a viable model for explaining the slow rate of urbanisation in northern Sweden. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Cambridge University Press Rural History 1 20 |
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Abstract This article investigates the development of rural migration in northern Sweden (1850–1950). During this period, northern Sweden experienced a slower rate of urbanisation than the rest of the country. This study proposes that decentralised industrialisation (i.e., rural-industrial labour, predominantly in the timber industry) introduced inertia to the urbanisation process by lowering the rate of rural-to-urban migration. Using longitudinal, individual-level data from the county of Västerbotten, the development of migration rates and migrant characteristics is explored via descriptive statistics. The rural population’s development and migration patterns closely correlate to the development of decentralised industrialisation. The results, therefore, indicate that decentralised industrialisation is a viable model for explaining the slow rate of urbanisation in northern Sweden. |
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Migration and decentralised industrialisation: the development of rural migration in northern Sweden (1850–1950) |
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Migration and decentralised industrialisation: the development of rural migration in northern Sweden (1850–1950) |
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Migration and decentralised industrialisation: the development of rural migration in northern Sweden (1850–1950) |
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Migration and decentralised industrialisation: the development of rural migration in northern Sweden (1850–1950) |
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Migration and decentralised industrialisation: the development of rural migration in northern Sweden (1850–1950) |
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migration and decentralised industrialisation: the development of rural migration in northern sweden (1850–1950) |
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