Answer to Question #245885 in History for rivaldo

Question

Discuss reasons for the increase in global migration between c. 1850 and 1940. Recommended Reading

a. McKeown, Adam. “Global Migration, 1846-1940”, Journal of World History 15, no. 2 (2004): 155- 189. [on eFundi]

b. McKeown, Adam. “Chinese Emigration in Global Context, 1850-1940”, Journal of Global History 5, no. 1 (2010): 95-124. [on eFundi]

c. Trimmer, Tiffany and Patrick Manning. Migration in World History, 2nd edn (London and New York: Routledge, 2013), pp. 286-312. [on eFundi]

d. Hoerder, Dirk. Cultures in Contact: World Migrations in the Second Millennium (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2002), pp. 367-404. [on eFundi]. For Indian Migration and Indenture.

e. Fisher, Michael H. Migration: A World History (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014). [eBook available].

Answer 1

Between 1850-1940 there was increased worldwide migration. The reasons behind increased global migrations since people moved from different parts of the globe to seek higher quality education especially in developed countries like the USA, European countries, etc. Secondly, migration was brought about by the process of escaping hardship, conflict, etc especially from the regions where there was no peace. Employment is another reason behind the increased migration since people moved across the globe to seek employment opportunities.Cheap farmland available in U.S attracted immigrants.

First stage industrialization attracted the skilled personnel making them to migrate.

People migrated to places they viewed having economic opportunities thus making the immagrant number to increase.