Emigration from Europe 18151930 [Paperback]

A short comprehensive survey for students of the causes and the social and economic effects of emigration from Europe between 1815 and 1930.Answering questions regarding emigration from different parts of Europe, this short comprehensive survey reviews the current literature in several European languages and summarizes economic and demographic theories. It analyzes the relation between economic change in Europe and the emigration rate.Answering questions regarding emigration from different parts of Europe, this short comprehensive survey reviews the current literature in several European languages and summarizes economic and demographic theories. It analyzes the relation between economic change in Europe and the emigration rate.Why did sixty million people leave Europe for overseas destinations between 1815 and 1930? 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. Written specifically for undergraduate students, it reviews the current literature in several European languages, summarizes both economic and demographic theories, and analyzes the relation between economic change in Europe and the emigration rate.1. Problems in the history of European emigration; 2. Sources of historical information; 3. Emigration and economic change in Europe; 4. Emigration regions; 5. Return migration; 6. Did emigration change in character?; 7. Assisted emigration; 8. Emigration and urban growth; 9. The economic effects of immigration; 10. The family and assimilation; 11. The end of mass emigration; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.