Answer to Question #250541 in History for Cresta

Question

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


a. McKeown, Adam. à ƒ ¢ € œGlobal Migration, 1846-1940à ƒ ¢ € , Journal of World History 15, no. 2 (2004): 155- 189. [on eFundi]

b. McKeown, Adam. à ƒ ¢ € œChinese Emigration in Global Context, 1850-1940à ƒ ¢ € , 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

Various reasons led to the increase in global migration in the given period. One reason for the increase in global migration is wars. Also, people were seeking employment opportunities. Additionally, during the world war crisis, most individuals had been grabbed their land leading to migration. Other reasons included personal willingness and climatic change. 

Also, the environmental factors resulting from the world war led to migration.