Analysing archives to write migration histories

Uttara Shahani

Chapter 7 in Handbook of Research Methods in Migration, 2024, pp 116-135 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter is for migration studies scholars new to archival and historical research on how to find and critically analyse archival sources for histories of migration understood broadly. It introduces some of the range of migration histories available before discussing archives and their organisation, problems with archival research, the types of archives that might be useful to migration studies scholars, and how to connect sources to each other.

Keywords: Asian Studies; Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Geography; Politics and Public Policy Research Methods; Sociology and Social Policy; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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