Using the example of a group of refugees from Czechoslovakia in Canada during World War II, the author analyzes knowledge transfers through migration and their limitations in changing political and economic environments. Shoes and Guns from Batawa: Refugees from Czechoslovakia, Knowledge Transfers, and Canadian Immigration from the late 1930s to the 1940s Jul 17, 2025 Swen Steinberg
W. F. Whyte's 'Street Corner Society' became a popular text for sociology students, but specialists in Italian American studies never warmed to it. Donna Gabaccio explains why with "a hidden history of gender and ethnic dynamics" in the academy. ‘The Book That Would Not Die’ Nov 13, 2020 Donna R. Gabaccia
The author expected to find files in Paris for his study of Franco-Yiddishness in the interwar period, but they had wandered elsewhere. His surprise led him to consider "the migratory history of knowledge and knowledge-making." Following the Archives: Migrating Documents and their Changing Meanings Apr 18, 2019 Nick Underwood
Examines knowledge that radio programs made for Greek guest workers in West Germany conveyed and their role in creating an emotional community. For Their Ears Only: Migrant Knowledge in the Greek Radio Programs for Gastarbeiter in West Germany Mar 20, 2023 Maria Adamopoulou