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EUROPEANS ON THE MOVE
STUDIES ON EUROPEAN MIGRATION 1500-1800 |
| By: |
Nicholas Canny (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£145.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0198204191 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780198204190 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
20 October, 1994 |
| Pages: |
344 |
| Description: |
This book examines the phenomenon of European migration during the three centuries following Colombus's first voyage to America. It focuses on a range of countries, though the authors agree in concluding that migration more often led to an early death than a quick fortune. The contributors are distinguished historians, whose essays combine to make an important contribution to the history of migration. |
| Synopsis: |
This book considers the phenomenon of European migration during the three centuries following the first Columbus voyage to America. A survey of the medieval background shows that Europeans were adept at long-distance travel in search of employment and opportunity, well before the encounter with America, and that some of these medieval adventurers had long been pressing beyond the perimeter of Europe. The essays reveal that established patterns of migration persisted well into the early modern period, and that the 'Discoveries' had merely added new and more exotic destinations to those already open to people in Europe who were forced to leave home to make careers for themselves. Though these studies focus on a range of countries, they collectively point to the fact that migration more frequently led to an early death than to a quick fortune. The conclusions that are drawn from the experiences of the three island kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, as well as from the Netherlands and Germany, demonstrate that the Spanish concentration upon America as the land of opportunity was exceptional.France, too, is shown to be exceptional because of the small number of emigrants it produced. This is a wide-ranging and original exploration of early modern migration, which makes an important contribution to the subject. |
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maps, tables |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Clarendon Press |
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