Settlement or Return : Finnish Emigrants (1860–1930) in the International Overseas Return Migration Movement
Virtanen, Keijo (1979)
Siirtolaisuusinstituutti
1979
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https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:951-9266-16-X
https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:951-9266-16-X
Kuvaus
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I DEFINING THE PROBLEM
1. The State of Research, the Key Concepts, and the Central Questions
2. The Emigration and the Selection of the Sample Areas
3. The Use of the Official Migration Statistics
4. The Use of Original Material, and the Methodological Questions in the Investigation
II THE OVERALL SCALE OF THE RETURN MIGRATION
1. Permanent Return
2. Temporary Return
3. Return to Areas Other than the Place of Origin
4. The Duration of the Emigration of Permanent Return Migrants
III CYCLICAL FLUCTUATIONS IN THE RETURN
1. Long-Term Cycles
2. Annual Fluctuations
3. Seasonal Variation
IV THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC COMPOSITION OF THE RETURN MIGRATION
V DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF THE RETURN MIGRATION
I. Age
2. Sex
3. Marital Status and Family Emigration
VI THE SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE RETURN MIGRATION OF THE HOST AREA
1. The Regions of North America
2. Other Continents (Australia, South America, and Africa)
VII THE INDIVIDUAL'S RETURN DECISION
1. Adaptation to the Host Country
2. The Migrants' Own Interpretation of the Reasons for Return
VIII READJUSTMENT AFTER THE RETURN
1. Attitudes to the Migration
2. Individual Factors Facilitating or Hindering Readjustment
IX THE IMPACT OF THE RETURNING MIGRANTS
X FINAL SURVEY: SETTLEMENT OR RETURN IN RELATION TO THE "OLD" AND "NEW" MIGRATIONS
APPENDICES.
I DEFINING THE PROBLEM
1. The State of Research, the Key Concepts, and the Central Questions
2. The Emigration and the Selection of the Sample Areas
3. The Use of the Official Migration Statistics
4. The Use of Original Material, and the Methodological Questions in the Investigation
II THE OVERALL SCALE OF THE RETURN MIGRATION
1. Permanent Return
2. Temporary Return
3. Return to Areas Other than the Place of Origin
4. The Duration of the Emigration of Permanent Return Migrants
III CYCLICAL FLUCTUATIONS IN THE RETURN
1. Long-Term Cycles
2. Annual Fluctuations
3. Seasonal Variation
IV THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC COMPOSITION OF THE RETURN MIGRATION
V DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF THE RETURN MIGRATION
I. Age
2. Sex
3. Marital Status and Family Emigration
VI THE SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE RETURN MIGRATION OF THE HOST AREA
1. The Regions of North America
2. Other Continents (Australia, South America, and Africa)
VII THE INDIVIDUAL'S RETURN DECISION
1. Adaptation to the Host Country
2. The Migrants' Own Interpretation of the Reasons for Return
VIII READJUSTMENT AFTER THE RETURN
1. Attitudes to the Migration
2. Individual Factors Facilitating or Hindering Readjustment
IX THE IMPACT OF THE RETURNING MIGRANTS
X FINAL SURVEY: SETTLEMENT OR RETURN IN RELATION TO THE "OLD" AND "NEW" MIGRATIONS
APPENDICES.
Tiivistelmä
The crucial problem in analyzing the return migration is to find sample areas which will allow results to be reached that are indicative of the nature of the migration for the country as a whole. Many previous studies – in Finland and elsewhere – dealing with the demographic aspects of migration have concentrated on one sample area (a municipality or a group of municipalities in the same area), and on the basis of that material have drawn conclusions for the entire country. However – as can be seen in previous investigations – the migration phenomenon differs greatly from one part of the country to another, which makes it necessary to select many sample areas. The sample areas for the present investigation have been chosen – on various grounds to be explained below – on the basis of the central aims of the study. They are, moreover, only one source of information in this study: on the one hand, they will be complemented by the plentiful other research material available, and on the other, they will be used mainly in a particular section of the investigation (the volume and composition of the return migration).
Published originally in Studia Historica 10 by the Finnish Historical Society (ISBN 951-9254-25-0, ISSN 0081-6493).
Published originally in Studia Historica 10 by the Finnish Historical Society (ISBN 951-9254-25-0, ISSN 0081-6493).