Coerced and Free Migration: Global Perspectives (The Making of Modern Freedom)

A history of major worldwide population movements, free and forced, from about 1500 to the early-20th century. It explores the shifting levels of freedom under which migrants travelled and compares the experiences of migrants (and their descendants) who arrived under different labour regimes. Annotation This Volume Is An Innovative History Of Major Worldwide Population Movements, Free And Forced, From Around 1500 To The Early Twentieth Century. It Explores The Shifting Levels Of Freedom Under Which Migrants Traveled And Compares The Experiences Of Migrants (and Their Descendants) Who Arrived Under Drastically Different Labor Regimes.the Themes Of The Collection Are Structured Around Changes In Migration Regimes Over Time, As Well As The Implications Of Those Changes For The Source And Host Societies, And The Migrants Themselves. The Central And Unifying Issue Is The Varying Degrees Of Freedom In The Different Migratory Regimes And What This Meant In The Long Run. In The Initial Period Covered By The Book, Freedom To Migrate Had Steadily Eroded, And Migration Itself Became Gradually More Free Only In The Nineteenth Century.all Eleven Authors Have Widely Acknowledged Expertise Not Only In Particular Geographic Or National Branches Of Migration But Also In More Than One Migratory Or Labor Regime. The Volume's Wide Geographical Range Incorporates The Expansion Of Europe Eastward (under Serfdom), As Well As The Extension Of Africa And Europe Westward Across The Atlantic (slave, Free, And Indentured Servant Regimes), And Movements From Asia And Africa By Contract Laborers. For The First Time, Experts On The Various Kinds Of Migrants Have Combined To Address The Issue Of Migration From The Standpoint Of The Labor Arrangement Under Which The Migrants Traveled. The Result Is A Collection Rich In Comparative Insights Yet Cohesive In Terms Of The Issues Addressed. Free And Coerced Migrations From The Old World To The New / David Eltis -- Changing Laws And Regulations And Their Impact On Migration / David Eltis -- The Epidemiology Of Migration / Stanley L. Engerman -- The Differential Cultural Impact Of Free And Coerced Migration To Colonial America / Philip D. Curtin -- Irish And German Migration To Eighteenth-century North America / Lorena S. Walsh -- Migration And Collective Identities Among The Enslaved And Free Populations Of North America / Marianne S. Wokeck -- Freedom And Indentured Labor In The French Caribbean, 1848-1900 / Mechal Sobel -- Asian Contract And Free Migrations To The Americas / David Northrup -- Convicts : Unwilling Migrants From Britain And France / Walton Look Lai -- Migration In Early Modern Russia, 1480s-1780s / Colin Forster -- Peasant Migration, The Abolition Of Serfdom, And The Internal Passport System In The Russian Empire, C. 1800-1914 / Richard Hellie. Edited By David Eltis. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Annotation. This volume is an innovative history of major worldwide population movements, free and forced, from around 1500 to the early twentieth century. It explores the shifting levels of freedom under which migrants traveled and compares the experiences of migrants (and their descendants) who arrived under drastically different labor regimes. The themes of the collection are structured around changes in migration regimes over time, as well as the implications of those changes for the source and host societies, and the migrants themselves. The central and unifying issue is the varying degrees of freedom in the different migratory regimes and what this meant in the long run. In the initial period covered by the book, freedom to migrate had steadily eroded, and migration itself became gradually more free only in the nineteenth century. All eleven authors have widely acknowledged expertise not only in particular geographic or national branches of migration but also in more than one migratory or labor regime. The volume's wide geographical range incorporates the expansion of Europe eastward (under serfdom), as well as the extension of Africa and Europe westward across the Atlantic (slave, free, and indentured servant regimes), and movements from Asia and Africa by contract laborers. For the first time, experts on the various kinds of migrants have combined to address the issue of migration from the standpoint of the labor arrangement under which the migrants traveled. The result is a collection rich in comparative insights yet cohesive in terms of the issues addressed