The term 'relocation cost' has been coined by Philip Curtin to refer to the increased mortality associated with the migration of people from their childhood disease environments to new ones. He and others have quantified this cost for a number of migrant populations, notably Africans in the transatlantic slave trade and European tropps posted overseas. The papers in this volume, extend this research agenda by quantifying and analyzing the mortality suffered by other migrant groups, both on their voyage and after their arrival at their destination. The first three studies deal with free and convict European migration to Australia; the following ones with movements of indentured labour, from the mid 19th to the present century: Chinese, African, Pacific Islander, and above all the migration of Indian labour across half of the globe. The collection is introduced by a new essay, setting out the historical context and significance of this research.
| ISBN: | 9780860785965 |
| Publication date: | 6th June 1996 |
| Author: | Ralph Shlomowitz |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 336 pages |
| Series: | Collected Studies Series |
| Genres: |
History: plagues, diseases, famines Maritime history Colonialism and imperialism |
The term 'relocation cost' has been coined by Philip Curtin to refer to the increased mortality associated with the migration of people from their childhood disease environments to new ones. He and others have quantified this cost for a number of migrant populations, notably Africans in the transatlantic slave trade and European tropps posted overseas. The papers in this volume, extend this research agenda by quantifying and analyzing the mortality suffered by other migrant groups, both on their voyage and after their arrival at their destination. The first three studies deal with free and convict European migration to Australia; the following ones with movements of indentured labour, from the mid 19th to the present century: Chinese, African, Pacific Islander, and above all the migration of Indian labour across half of the globe. The collection is introduced by a new essay, setting out the historical context and significance of this research.
Mortality and Migration in the Modern World features in the following genres: Human geography, Social and cultural history, Migration, immigration and emigration, Ethnic studies, Sociology, General and world history
Mortality and Migration in the Modern World is available in Hardback
Mortality and Migration in the Modern World was written by Ralph Shlomowitz and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Mortality and Migration in the Modern World has 336 pages
Yes it is part of Collected Studies Series series
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