Why did 60 million people leave Europe for overseas destinations in the 100 years after the Napoleonic Wars? What were the social and economic causes and effect... » 

Why did 60 million people leave Europe for overseas destinations in the 100 years after the Napoleonic Wars? What were the social and economic causes and effects of this migration? Why did so many emigrants return? This short survey answers these and other questions for the period 1815 to 1930. «