Emigration from Europe 1815-1930

by Dudley Baines

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521557836
• ISBN13: 9780521557832
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.4" x 8.5"