Geographical Mobility in Wiltshire, 1754-1914

2012 ◽  
pp. 50-75
Author(s):  
Cathy Day
Keyword(s):  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Geographic Mobility ◽  
Occupational Groups ◽  
Geographical Mobility ◽  
Documentary Sources ◽  
South West ◽  
Local Topography ◽  
Lower Status ◽  
Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries ◽  
To Come

The aim of this paper is to determine the birthplaces, rather than residences, of spouses married in two parishes in England and to consider the effect of local topography, religion and occupation on pre-marital geographic mobility. A wide array of primary documentary sources was used to construct a database of over 22,000 individuals who lived in south-west Wiltshire in the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Individuals were arranged in family groups and pedigrees traced for several generations. Data were included on birthplace, religious affiliation, occupation and many other variables. Geographical mobility calculated from birthplace was higher than estimates derived from residence prior to marriage. Brides had shorter marital distances than grooms. There were noticeable changes in the frequency of marital distance at 4 miles and 11 miles. Spouses born outside the parish of marriage were more likely to come from certain villages in ways which cannot be explained merely by distance and size. The Somerset-Wiltshire border formed a barrier, although a porous one, to the flow of marriage partners. Occupation influenced geographical mobility: grooms from higher-status occupational groups were more likely to be born further away than grooms from lower-status occupational groups. Catholic grooms were more likely to be born in the parish of marriage than Protestant grooms, but were also more likely to be born more than 11 miles away.

Chosen Nation

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin W. Goossen
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Weimar Republic ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Third Reich ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
The World ◽  
German Identity ◽  
History Of ◽  
Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries

During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the global Mennonite church developed an uneasy relationship with Germany. Despite the religion's origins in the Swiss and Dutch Reformation, as well as its longstanding pacifism, tens of thousands of members embraced militarist German nationalism. This book is a sweeping history of this encounter and the debates it sparked among parliaments, dictatorships, and congregations across Eurasia and the Americas. Offering a multifaceted perspective on nationalism's emergence in Europe and around the world, the book demonstrates how Mennonites' nationalization reflected and reshaped their faith convictions. While some church leaders modified German identity along Mennonite lines, others appropriated nationalism wholesale, advocating a specifically Mennonite version of nationhood. Examining sources from Poland to Paraguay, the book shows how patriotic loyalties rose and fell with religious affiliation. Individuals might claim to be German at one moment but Mennonite the next. Some external parties encouraged separatism, as when the Weimar Republic helped establish an autonomous “Mennonite State” in Latin America. Still others treated Mennonites as quintessentially German; under Hitler's Third Reich, entire colonies benefited from racial warfare and genocide in Nazi-occupied Ukraine. Whether choosing Germany as a national homeland or identifying as a chosen people, called and elected by God, Mennonites committed to collective action in ways that were intricate, fluid, and always surprising.

scholarly journals Changing brown cities to smart and sustainable ones: Proposed applicable strategies and indicators for Omid-e-Sabz township in Kabul city

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-72
Author(s):  
Abdullah Tajzai ◽  
Najib Rahman Sabory
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Smart City ◽  
World Wide ◽  
The South ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
South West ◽  
To Come

The two world-wide challenges, the population growth and the climate change, have forced everyone to think differently and seek new approaches to revive cities to be sustainable for centuries to come. Therefore, transforming the cities to the green and smart city are inevitable. The first step towards green and smart city is the recognition of applicable indicators for an existing city. In the next stage, introducing the most sustainable strategies to implement and realize the introduced indicators are of key importance. Omid-e-Sabz is a crowded city in the south-west of Kabul, hosts more than 27,000 inhabitants. Thus, a study through modifying this city to a sustainable and smart city is crucial for future urban development in Afghanistan. The indicators of green and smart city have been analyzed for Omid-e-Sabz Town in this paper. Moreover, some key guidance’s and plans for transforming an ordinary city to sustainable and smart city have been introduced and suggested. This paper is the first of its kind that discusses this important topic for Afghanistan. It will help the urban planning sector of Afghanistan to learn and continue this discourse to make sure the future cities in Afghanistan are smart and sustainable.

The Siting of Prehistoric Rock Art in Galloway, South-west Scotland

1993 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 269-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Bradley ◽  
Jan Harding ◽  
Margaret Mathews
Keyword(s):  
Rock Art ◽  
Landscape Archaeology ◽  
Surrounding Area ◽  
South West ◽  
Field Of Vision ◽  
Special Character ◽  
Local Topography ◽  
Intractable Problems ◽  
Surrounding Landscape ◽  
Source Of Information

The interpretation of prehistoric rock art has posed some intractable problems, but recent studies have sought to integrate it within a more broadly based landscape archaeology. They emphasise the special character of this material, not only as a system of distinctive motifs, but also as a source of information employed by people engaged in a mobile pattern of settlement. This paper investigates the character of the rock art of south-west Scotland, comparing the positions of the petroglyphs with two series of control samples in the surrounding landscape. The carvings seem to have been situated at viewpoints. They may have been directed towards the coastline and the Galloway hills and commanded a significantly wider field of vision than locations in the surrounding area. There is some evidence that differences in the size and complexity of the motifs are related to their placing in the local topography, with the simpler carvings around the edges of lowland ‘territories’ near to the shoreline, and the more complex compositions in upland areas, especially around shallow basins and waterholes. The changing character of the designs may reflect differences in the composition of the audience who viewed them.

Imagination in people and societies on the move: A sociocultural psychology perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 654-675 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tania Zittoun
Keyword(s):  
Second World War ◽  
Geographic Mobility ◽  
Retirement Home ◽  
World War ◽  
Geographical Mobility ◽  
Sociocultural Psychology ◽  
Mobility Studies ◽  
Psychology Perspective ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Second World

This paper proposes a sociocultural psychology approach to mobility. It distinguishes geographical mobility, drawing on mobility studies, from symbolic mobility, that can be achieved through imagination. After the presentation of a theoretical framework, it examines the possible interplay between geographical and symbolic mobility through three case studies: that of people moving to a retirement home, that of a young woman’s trajectory through the Second World War in the UK, and that of families in repeated geographical mobility. The paper thus shows that imagination may expand or guide geographic mobility, but also, in some case, create some stability when geographic mobility becomes excessive. More importantly, it shows that over time, people engage in trajectories of imagination: their various geographical and symbolic mobilities can eventually transform their very mode of imagining.

scholarly journals Mapping the Boston Poor: Inmates of the Boston Almshouse, 1795–1801

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Wallis Herndon ◽  
Amilcar E. Challú
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Population Densities ◽  
Geographical Mobility ◽  
The Poor ◽  
To Come ◽  
The City ◽  
Lower Population ◽  
North End

Documentary and geographical evidence about Boston from 1795 to 1801 reveals distinct patterns in poor people's use of the Boston Almshouse and in their areas of residence within the city. A much higher percentage of Almshouse inmates came from Boston's densely populated North End than from less urban areas with lower population densities. They clustered in distinctive ways—immigrants tending to come from districts close to commercial and shipping areas, and women and families from the outskirts of town. Recurrent users of the almshouse were highly mobile, likely to have changed their ward of residence at least once from 1795 to 1801. This geographical mobility on the part of the poor continuously recreated the city and challenged the contours of class and tradition.

scholarly journals NOTES ON SOME ALBERTA BUTTERFLIES

1898 ◽  
Vol 30 (12) ◽  
pp. 298-300
Author(s):  
F. H. Wolley Dod
Keyword(s):  
The South ◽  
The Past ◽  
South West ◽  
To Come ◽  
Hill Prairie ◽  
The Hill ◽  
The Way

Chionobas.—To hear of the occurence of Chionobas Macounii in the hill-prairie district south of Calgary will doubtless be as much of a surprise to most entomologists as the discovery of it here has been to myself. That a man who, like myself, is ever on the outlook for anything fresh in the way of butterflies, should have lived for five years in Macounii locality without knowing it surpasses my comprehension. whilst overhauling, relaxing, and setting last winter from the captures of the past two seasons, I came across, amongst some papered specimens that had been handed to me by a Mr. Hudson, an ardent collector here, a papered butterfly labelled “Chionobas Chryxus, ♀, July 4th 1896,” taken amongst the spruce about twelve miles west of here; that is to say, about 26 miles to the south-west of Calgary. Now, though I have never yet seen Chryxus here, I have always been expecting to come across it amongst the spruce, and was not much surprised. However, after relaxing and setting me specimen, lo and behold! it was not Chryxus, but agreed rather closely with some C. californica♂ ♂ that I have from Ft. Klamoth, Oregon.

Hurryin’ Hoosiers and the American “Pattern”: Geographic Mobility in Indianapolis and Urban North America

1981 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-222
Author(s):  
Robert G. Barrows
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Population ◽  
Geographic Mobility ◽  
The Other ◽  
Population Movement ◽  
Principal Finding ◽  
Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries ◽  
American Society ◽  
Work Done

In The Other Bostonians, Stephan Thernstrom argues that there has been “a fairly constant migration factor operating throughout American society since the opening of the nineteenth century.” Patterns of geographic mobility, according to Thernstrom (1973: 228, 220), “were products of forces that operated in much the same way throughout American society in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.” Finding considerable mobility everywhere—both in his own examination of Boston and in studies of other communities—he stressed the similarities among urban areas and postulated an “American pattern.” But while the principal finding of his examination of geographic mobility— that there was a great deal of it—remains secure, work done in recent years has rendered less satisfactory the emphasis on inter-urban uniformity. Indianapolis, for example, constitutes a striking exception to Thernstrom’s postulations; and when considered in conjunction with the results of other recent studies of urban population movement, the findings for Indiana’s capital indicate a need to reevaluate the validity and utility of using the term “pattern” to describe geographic mobility in urban North America.

scholarly journals PENGUATAN PERAN TOUR GUIDE DALAM MEMASARKAN OBJEK WISATA DI KECAMATAN SILIAN RAYA DI KABUPATEN MINAHASA TENGGARA

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaretha Nova Warokka ◽  
Radjab Djamali
Keyword(s):  
Marketing Strategy ◽  
Tour Guide ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
The Third ◽  
South West ◽  
Community Economy ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Hospitality And Tourism ◽  
To Come

The purpose of this research is to empowered the community, in this case Tour Guide in introducing tourism object in South West Minahasa Regency, especially Silian Raya District and to empowered them through their skill as a Marketing Agent in increasing tourists to come to this area, and the third, is to boost the community economy by participating in community businesses in tourism field, which are cooperated with BUNDES. This is due to no marketing strategy that suit to sell the tourism objects by the businessmen in Kecamatan Silian Raya Kabupaten Minahasa Tenggara. The previous marketing strategy through promotion that was implemented not well planned, takes some efforts and steps to synchronize, so the visitationsof tourist will increase.The method of this research used here is descriptive qualitative. Descriptive research is used to get the descriptions of role of Tour guide in increasing the tourist in Kecamatan Silian Raya, while to collect the data in this research are as follow, firstly, through interview to the businessmen, secondly, through observations, that is to observe directly about the existence of tourist in this district, thirdly through documentation which record all of the activity & the tourism objects.The outcome of this research is to put on an acreditate journal such as Hospitality and Tourism journal

scholarly journals Semi quantitative forecasts for Baghmati/Adhwara Group of rivers/Kamala Balan catchments by synoptic analogue technique

MAUSAM ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-348
Author(s):  
K. M. SINGH ◽  
M. C. PRASAD ◽  
G. PRASAD
Keyword(s):  
Precipitation Forecast ◽  
Steep Gradient ◽  
South West ◽  
Quantitative Precipitation Forecast ◽  
South West Monsoon ◽  
Local Topography ◽  
Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
West Monsoon

An attempt has been made to issue semi-quantitative precipitation forecasts for Baghmati/Adhwara Group of rivers/Kamala-Balan catchments based upon 22 years data (1982-2003). The study reveals that it is possible to issue semi-quantitative precipitation forecast with confidence. Local topography and its steep gradient on Indo-Nepal Border are main factors that give birth to severe floods during south west monsoon and pose problems to Darbhanga City.

scholarly journals Solving the Problem of Waste Management in the Hospitality Industry- A Case Study of Chariot Hotel in Buea, South West Region - Cameroon

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Evaristus Nyong Abam
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Hazardous Materials ◽  
West Region ◽  
South West ◽  
Administrative Unit ◽  
Excellent Work ◽  
To Come ◽  
Work Done

Waste management is intended to reduce adverse effects of waste on health, the environment and challenges abound in the management and recycling of waste. This industry therefore need planning in the management and the recycling of these waste as the total rubbish or waste produced in a country is so enormous and there is also a lot of excellent work going on around many council areas or municipalities this in an effort to ensure that this is an industry to be proud of and one that will continue to secure effective, sustainable and ecologically sound waste management and recycling for many years to come. When waste is disposed of properly, you can prevent hazardous materials from contaminating the environment as well as the health of the population leaving in that area as rubbish and waste is known to cause air and water pollution and especially rotting garbage produced is also known to produce harmful gases that when it thus mix with the air it will cause breathing problems in people. The Buea Municipality which is the local government administrative unit have been left with the responsibility of overseeing the work done by this privately held organisation (HYSACAM), a local waste management company that has been contracted to manage waste in its municipality.

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