International Migrations in the Victorian Era

About this book

Victorian Britain was both a land of emigration and immigration. This book covers a wide range of case studies to unveil the complexity of transnational circulations and connections in the 19th century. Combining micro- and macro-studies, this volume looks into the history of the British Empire, 19th century international migration networks, as well as the causes and consequences of Victorian migrations and how technological, social, political, and cultural transformations, mainly initiated by the Industrial Revolution, considerably impacted on people?s movements. It presents a history of migration grounded on people, structural forces and migration processes that bound societies together. Rather than focussing on distinct territorial units, 'International Migrations in the Victorian Era' balances different scales of analysis: individual, local, regional, national and transnational.