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This book investigates the benefits of integrating history, sociology, and ethnography to better understand migration and its consequences, using Denmark’s history of migration as a case study.Although migration research is an interdisciplinary field, much research on migration still occurs in disciplinary containers. The field is not least affected by a methodological presentism: a scholarly and societal tendency to understand social phenomena within a limited contemporary framework, neglecting possible effects and similarities embedded in and established through human history. This book builds upon previous research underscoring the importance of examining migration from a longer, diachronic, and genealogical viewpoint, and it is among the first to advocate for a more profound methodological discussion regarding how, why, and when this should be addressed. The book’s analysis draws on empirical examples from Denmark, a Northern European country where the impact of migration is currently hotly debated, yet the history of migration is frequently overlooked. Specific themes examined in the book range from demography/immigrant statistics to the understanding of “the ghetto,” the implications of discussions around “Danishness,” and how migration has influenced and molded a particular neighborhood in Copenhagen (Nørrebro) over time.This volume is innovative and pertinent for an international audience of researchers and students interested in the genealogies of migration and eager to explore new pathways for pursuing this research interest.

In recent years, world events have trained a harsh spotlight on the Muslim religion and its adherents. The misunderstanding and bias against Muslims in the United States not only persists but has deepened. In this detailed study of an immigrant community in Chicago, Garbi Schmidt considers the formation and meaning of an 'American Islam'. This vivid portrait of the people and the institutions that draw them together contributes to the academic literature on ethnic and religious identity at the same time as it depicts an immigrant community's struggle against bias and forces that threaten its cohesion. Chicago has long been home to Muslim immigrants from numerous countries in the Middle East and South Asia. For some members of these groups religion carries more weight than ethnic identity in the American context and enables them to form and participate in a broad spectrum of institutions that support their religious and social interests. Schmidt offers her observations of the schools and student associations that serve young Muslims as well as the social, religious, and political organizations that serve adults. By looking at the ways in which children, adolescents, and adults come together in these institutions, she is able to show the dynamic process in which a variegated American Muslim identity takes shape. Readers will come away from this book with a better understanding of the ideological and cultural differences among Muslims and a greater appreciation of their struggles in becoming Americans. Garbi Schmidt is a senior researcher and coordinator of the ethnic minorities initiative at the Danish National Institute of Social Research, Copenhagen.

In recent years, world events have trained a harsh spotlight on the Muslim religion and its adherents. The misunderstanding and bias against Muslims in the United States not only persists but has deepened. In this detailed study of an immigrant community in Chicago, Garbi Schmidt considers the formation and meaning of an "American Islam." This vivid portrait of the people and the institutions that draw them together contributes to the academic literature on ethnic and religious identity at the same time as it depicts an immigrant community's struggle against bias and forces that threaten its cohesion. Chicago has long been home to Muslim immigrants from numerous countries in the Middle East and South Asia. For some members of these groups religion carries more weight than ethnic identity in the American context and enables them to form and participate in a broad spectrum of institutions that support their religious and social interests. Schmidt offers her observations of the schools and student associations that serve young Muslims as well as the social, religious, and political organizations that serve adults. By looking at the ways in which children, adolescents, and adults come together in these institutions, she is able to show the dynamic process in which a variegated American Muslim identity takes shape. Readers will come away from this book with a better understanding of the ideological and cultural differences among Muslims and a greater appreciation of their struggles in becoming Americans. Author note: Garbi Schmidt is a senior researcher and coordinator of the ethnic minorities initiative at the Danish National Institute of Social Research, Copenhagen.

Etnisk mangfoldighed er i dag en tydelig dimension af Nørrebro, men er indvandring til kvarteret et nyt fænomen, eller har indvandring fra tidligt i historien bidraget til Nørrebros liv, udvikling og fortælling?Denne bog beskriver Nørrebros indvandringshistorie, fra svenske tjenestepiger og russisk-jødiske flygtninge over tyske krigsflygtninge og tyrkiske og pakistanske gæstearbejdere til nutiden, hvor Nørrebro både fejres og fordømmes som Københavns indvandrerkvarter. Hvilke roller har indvandrere spillet i kvarteret igennem tiden? Hvem var de, både som grupper og individer? Hvordan spillede indvandring sammen med den fortælling om Nørrebro, som er blevet udviklet og geb

I november 1908 var en menneskejagt i gang i Københavns indre by. En russisk indvandrer havde skudt sin danske arbejdsgiver og forsøgt at gemme sig blandt Lille Brøndstrædes østeuropæiske jøder. Drabssagen satte fokus på den usle bydel, som pressen kort forinden havde døbt ”Københavns ghetto”, og på et betændt begreb, der rimede på fremmedfrygt, forbrydelse og fattigdom. I 1970’erne blev gæstearbejdere inviteret til landet, og mange af dem gjorde storbyernes betongrå boligblokke til deres nye hjem. Med dem genopstod den delikate diskussion om, hvorvidt udlændinge nogensinde kan blive til rigtige danskere. Det har vi skændtes om lige siden. Overskrid grænsen til Danmarks eksotiske enklaver med Garbi Schmidt, migrationsforsker fra Roskilde Universitet, der guider dig igennem indvandringens farverige aftryk.

April 1908. Københavns dunkle ghetto får en ny, russisk beboer. Som mange indvandrere er han på jagt efter et bedre liv, men en ubetalt løn fører til en nedbrændt gård og en fatal forbrydelse, og så går en vild menneskejagt i gang. Den hidsige morder gemmer sig bag mange navne, men bliver en kendis under det italienskklingende Bulotti. Hvem var han egentlig? Fortællingen om Bulotti er ikke blot true crime om en blodig forbrydelse og skæbnen bag. Den er også et snapshot af en intens brydningstid i Danmarks historie, præget af indvandring, industrialisering og ideologiske sammenstød. Hvilket samfund skulle Danmark være, og for hvem?