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Book SynopsisIn a modernist interpretation of migration controls, nation states play a major role. This book challenges this interpretation by showing that comprehensive migration checks and permanent border controls appeared much earlier, in early modern dynastic states and empires, and predated nation states by centuries. The 11 contributions in this volume explore the role of early modern and modern dynastic kingdoms and empires in Europe, the Middle East and Eurasia and the evolution of border controls from the 16th to the 20th century. They analyse how these states interacted with other polities, such as emerging nations states in Europe, North America and Australia, and what this means for a broader reconceptualization of mobility in Europe and beyond in the longue durée. Contributors are: Tobias Brinkmann, Vincent Denis, Sinan Dinçer, Josef Ehmer, Irial A. Glynn, Sabine Jesner, Olga Katsiardi-Hering, Leo Lucassen, Ikaros Mantouvalos, Leslie Page Moch, Jovan Pešalj, Lewis H. Siegelbaum, Annemarie Steidl, and Megan Williams.
Table of ContentsList of Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction Jovan Pešalj, Annemarie Steidl, Leo Lucassen, and Josef Ehmer 1 States, Borders, and Security in Global History Leo Lucassen 2 Diplomatic Safe Conducts across Sixteenth-Century Habsburg-Ottoman Borders Megan K. Williams 3 “Hard Border” Facilitates Migrations: The Habsburg-Ottoman Border Control Regime in the Eighteenth Century Jovan Pešalj and Josef Ehmer 4 Clerks, Guards and Physicians: Imperial Staff and the Implementation of Border Security Concepts within the Transylvanian Military Border Sabine Jesner 5 The Mobility Control of “Foreigners” in the Habsburg Monarchy Entrance, Travel and Residency of the Greek-Orthodox Peoples from Southeastern Europe (Eighteenth to Early Nineteenth Century) Ikaros Mantouvalos and Olga Katsiardi-Hering 6 The Control of Mobility in France, 1680–1780 Vincent Denis 7 An Exclusionary Border Regime: The Ottoman Case, 1890–1914 Sinan Dinçer 8 Control and Agency: Regimes and Repertoires of Migration in Late Imperial Russia Leslie Page Moch and Lewis H. Siegelbaum 9 Borderline Experiences: Russian Return Migrants and Privatized Border Controls in Central Europe, 1880–1914 Tobias Brinkmann 10 Border Control on Ellis Island: Austro-Hungarians Crossing the Atlantic in the Age of Mass Migration Annemarie Steidl 11 Protecting Australia’s Borders Since the 1850s: At the Cutting Edge of Border Control but on the Edge of International Acceptability Irial Glynn Index
