Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction POINTS OF PASSAGE Reexamining Jewish Migrations from Eastern Europe after 1880 1
6. PART I MEDICALIZATION OF BORDERS
7. 1 GERMS OF ANARCHY, CRIME, DISEASE, AND DEGENERACY Jewish Migration to the United States and the Medicalization of European Borders around 1900 27
8. PART II TRANSIT THROUGH SCANDINAVIA, GERMANY, AND BRITAIN
9. 2 IMMIGRANTS OR TRANSMIGRANTS? Eastern European Jews in Sweden, 1860–1914 47
10. 3 EMIGRANT TRAINS Jewish Migration through Prussia and American Remote Control, 1880–1914 63
11. 4 TRANSMIGRANTS BETWEEN LEGAL RESTRICTIONS AND PRIVATE CHARITY The Jews’ Temporary Shelter in London, 1885–1939 85
12. PART III ATLANTIC PASSAGES
13. 5 THE IMPROVEMENT OF TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR MIGRANTS CROSSING THE NORTH ATLANTIC, 1900–1914 107
14. 6 RUSSIAN-JEWISH TRANSMIGRATION AND SCANDINAVIAN SHIPPING COMPANIES The Case of DFDS and the Atlantic Rate War of 1904–1905 130
15. 7 THE BOYS AND GIRLS NOT FROM BRAZIL From Russia to Rio and Back Again Via Southampton and Hamburg, 1878–1880 148
16. Contributors 163
17. Selected Bibliography 165
18. Index 171