The Age of Mass Migration: Causes and Economic Impact

by Timothy J. Hatton and Jeffrey G. Williamson

About 55 million Europeans migrated to the New World between 1850 and 1914, landing in North and South America and in Australia. This mass migration marked a profound shift in the distribution of global population and economic activity. In this book, Timothy J. Hatton and Jeffrey G. Williamson describe the migration and analyze its causes and effects. Their study offers a comprehensive treatment of a vital period in the modern economic development...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195116518
• ISBN13: 9780195116519
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"