Emigration from Europe 1815-1930
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| Anteprima |
Why
did 60 million people leave Europe for overseas destinations in the
hundred years after the Napoleonic Wars? What were the social and
economic causes and effects of this mass migration? Why did some people
emigrate and not others, and why did so many emigrants return to Europe?
This short comprehensive survey answers these and other questions
regarding emigration from different parts of Europe in the years between
1815 and 1930. Written specifically for undergraduate students, it
reviews the current literature in several European languages, summarises
both economic and demographic theories, and analyses the relation
between economic change in Europe and the emigration rate, as well as
discussing the economic effects of immigration on the receiving
countries and the social experiences or the immigrants.
