The Cambridge History of Global Migrations 2 Volume Hardback Set

Examines migration and globalization as a ubiquitous process that triggered economic, social, and cultural transformations throughout modern history.

Donna Gabaccia (General editor)

9781108623865, Cambridge University Press

Multiple-component retail product, published 1 June 2023

1300 pages, 20 b/w illus. 30 maps
23.5 x 15.9 x 7 cm, 2.29 kg

Split into two volumes, The Cambridge History of Global Migrations explores the lives and evaluates the significance of mobile people from 1400 to the present. Typically viewed as a phenomenon synonymous with nineteenth century globalization, migration was ubiquitous and triggered significant social, economic, technological and cultural transformations across time. Featuring over sixty essays from experts across the field, together the volumes amplify the stories of foragers and herders, pilgrims and missionaries, merchants, slaves, captives and prisoners, wealthy and impoverished jobseekers, and refugees fleeing violence, oppression and environmental change. By evaluating the continuities and changes of migration and globalization, it reveals the long-standing power imbalance between economic elites, imperial and nation-states, and the everyday people who wished to have a say in who can be forced, encouraged, prohibited or permitted to migrate. Insightful and comprehensive, these volumes uncover the ever-present tensions of movement and immobility, and the various dynamics of globalization.

Part I. Slavery/Forced Migration
Part II. Long Distance Trade
Part III. Short Distance Trade
Part IV. Migration by Land
Part V. Migration by Sea
Part VI. Rural/Urban Migrations
Part VII. Labour Migration
Part VIII. Settler Migration
Part IX. Religious Migrations
Part X. Refugees
Part I. Coerced and Free Migrants
Part II. Empires, New Nations, and Migrations
Part III. Specialized Migrations and Commercial Diasporas
Part IV. Circulations of Laborers
Part V. Transnational Politics and International Solidarities
Part VI. Displaced Peoples and Refugees
Part VII. Migrant Communities, Cultures, and Networks
Part VIII. Migration Control, Discipline, and Regulation.

Subject Areas: Population & demography [JHBD], Social & cultural history [HBTB], General & world history [HBG], History [HB]