International railroads and human mobility controls at the Franco-Belgian border (1840s-1860s)
The article analyses how international railroad connections affected controls of cross-border mobility at the Franco-Belgian border. It refutes the idea that railroads made an end to these controls. Conversely it shows how the Sûreté publique continued to rely on border checks while developing means...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Presses Universitaires du Midi
2019-06-01
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Series: | Diasporas: Circulations, Migrations, Histoire |
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/diasporas/3305 |