Europeans on the move : studies on European migration, 1500-1800

• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Clarendon, 1994
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 329 p.) : maps
• Disciplina: 304.8/704/0903
• Soggetto topico: Political Science; Law, Politics & Government; Immigration & Emigration
• Soggetto geografico: Europe Emigration and immigration History; North America Emigration and immigration History
• Persona (resp. second.): CannyNicholas P
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction: Europeans on the Move, 1500-1800Bernard Bailyn -- Part I: The Early Experiences -- 2. The Medieval Background / Seymour Phillips -- 3. The First Transatlantic Transfer: Spanish Migration to the New World, 1493-1810 / Nicolas Sanchez-Albornoz -- Part II: Migration from the Three Kingdoms: England, Scotland, and Ireland -- 4. English Migration into and across the Atlantic during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries / Nicholas Canny -- 5. Scottish Emigration in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries / T.C. Smout, N.C. Landsman, and T.M. Devine -- 6. The Irish Diaspora of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries / L. M. Cullen -- Part III: Continental European Migration: The Netherlands, Germany, and France -- 7. The Netherlands, the Dutch, and Long-Distance Migration in the Late Sixteenth to Early Nineteenth Centuries / Jan Lucassen -- 8. Transatlantic Migration from the German-Speaking Parts of Central Europe, 1600-1800: Proportions, Structures, and Explanations / Georg Fertig -- 9. Manon's Fellow Exiles: Emigration from France to North America before 1763 / Peter Moogk -- Conclusion -- 10. In Search of a Better Home? European Overseas Migration, 1500-1800 / Nicholas Canny
• Sommario/riassunto: Considers the phenomenon of European migration during the three centuries following the first voyage of Columbus to the New World. Although these studies focus on a range of European countries, they point collectively to the fact that migration led to early death rather than quick fortune.
• Altri titoli varianti: Europeans on the move
• Titolo autorizzato: Europeans on the move : studies on European migration, 1500-1800
• ISBN: 9780191676147 (ebook) :
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996247934303316
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