The Cambridge History of Global Migrations: Volume 2, Migrations, 1800–Present

An authoritative overview of the continuities and changes in migration and globalization from the 1800s to the present day.

Marcelo J. Borges (Edited by), Madeline Y. Hsu (Edited by)

9781108487535, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 1 June 2023

650 pages
23.6 x 15.8 x 2.6 cm, 1.19 kg

Volume II presents an authoritative overview of the various continuities and changes in migration and globalization from the 1800s to the present day. Despite revolutionary changes in communication technologies, the growing accessibility of long-distance travel, and globalization across major economies, the rise of nation-states empowered immigration regulation and bureaucratic capacities for enforcement that curtailed migration. One major theme worldwide across the post-1800 centuries was the differentiation between 'skilled' and 'unskilled' workers, often considered through a racialized lens; it emerged as the primary divide between greater rights of immigration and citizenship for the former, and confinement to temporary or unauthorized migrant status for the latter. Through thirty-one chapters, this volume further evaluates the long global history of migration; and it shows that despite the increased disciplinary systems, the primacy of migration remains and continues to shape political, economic, and social landscapes around the world.

Introduction Marcelo J. Borges and Madeline Y. Hsu
1. Multiscalar approaches and transcultural societal studies Dirk Hoerder
Part I. Coerced and Free Migrants: 2. Asian indenture migrations Crispin Bates
3. Settler migrations Andonis Piperoglou
4. Entangling labor migration in the Americas, 1840–1940 Benjamin Bryce
Part II. Empires, New Nations, and Migrations: 5. Pacific Islander mobilities from colonial incursions to the present Rachel Standfield and Ruth Faleolo with Darcy Wallis
6. Japanese imperial migrations Eiichiro Azuma
7. Europe's postcolonial migrations since 1945 Elizabeth Buettner
8. Immigration restriction in the Anglo-American settler World, 1830s–1930s David C. Atkinson
Part III. Specialized Migrations and Commercial Diasporas: 9. Soldiers and sailors as migrants Leo Lucassen
10. African trade networks and diasporas Ute Röschenthaler
11. Exiles, convicts, and deportees as migrants: Northern Eurasia, nineteenth-twentieth centuries Zhanna Popova
Part IV. Circulations of Laborers: 12. Migration and Labor in Sub-Saharan Africa during the colonial period Opolot Okia
13. The state as trafficker: governments and guestworkers in World history Cindy Hahamovitch
14. Skilled migrant workers Monique Laney
15. Global domestic work Pei-Chia Lan
Part V. Transnational Politics and International Solidarities: 16. Immigrants and their homelands Steven Hyland Jr.
17. Global migrations and social movements from 1815 to the 1920s Jeanne Moisand
18. Women's migration and transnational solidarity in the twentieth century Jessica Frazier and Johanna Leinonen
Part VI. Displaced Peoples and Refugees: 19. Enduring influence: legal categories of displacement in the early twentieth century Laura Madokoro
20. Environmental changes, displacement, and migration Marco Armiero and Giovanni Bettini
21. Refugee regimes David Scott FitzGerald
Part VII. Migrant Communities, Cultures, and Networks: 22. Brokerage and migrations during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Xiao An Wu
23. Immigrant cities since the late nineteenth century Michael Goebel
24. Global migrants foodways Jeffrey M. Pilcher
25. Professional migrants, enclaves, and transnational lives Shenglin Elijah Chang
Part VIII. Migration Control, Discipline, and Regulation: 26. Migrant illegalities since 1800 Marlou Schrover
27. An intellectual history of citizenship Peter J. Spiro
28. Mobilities and regulation in the Schengen zone Jochen Oltmer
29. Externalization of borders Maurizio Albahari
Part IX. Technologies of Migration and Communication: 30. Mobility, transport and communication technologies Colin G. Pooley
31. Migrant communication from the postal age to internet communities Sonia Cancian.

Subject Areas: Population & demography [JHBD], Globalization [JFFS], Social & cultural history [HBTB], History [HB]