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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
December 2012
Print publication year:
1995
Online ISBN:
9780511598289
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511598289
Subjects:
Social and Population History, Demography, Social Statistics, History, Sociology
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Book description

This extensive survey of migration in the modern world begins in the sixteenth century with the establishment of European colonies overseas, and covers the history of migration to the late twentieth century, when global communications and transport systems stimulated immense and complex flows of labour migrants and skilled professionals. In ninety-five contributions, leading scholars from twenty-seven different countries consider a wide variety of issues including migration patterns, the flights of refugees and illegal migration. Each entry is a substantive essay, supported by up-to-date bibliographies, tables, plates, maps and figures. As the most wide-ranging coverage of migration in a single volume, The Cambridge Survey of World Migration will be an indispensable reference tool for scholars and students in the field.

Reviews

Review of the hardback:‘A prodigious compendium of more than one hundred expert essays in aspects of migration all over the world.’

Source: London Review of Books

Review of the hardback:'This magisterial volume, a must acquisition for every major library and every scholar of migration … provides a near-comprehensive review of world migration since the sixteenth century.'

Source: Population and Development Review

Review of the hardback:‘… this book is an essential purchase for university libraries and international migration specialists. It should also be required reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students in the humanities and social sciences, not only for its content, but also as an example of the enthusiasm which a scholar can bring to his or her chosen subject.’

Review of the hardback:‘This magisterial volume, a must acquisition for every major library and every scholar of migration … provides a near-comprehensive review of world migration since the sixteenth century.’

Source: Population and Development Review

Review of the hardback:‘… this book is an essential purchase for university libraries and international migration specialists. It should also be required reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students in the humanities and social sciences, not only for its content, but also as an example of the enthusiasm which a scholar can bring to his or her chosen subject.’

Jeff Crisp - UNHCR, Geneva

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