Table of Contents

List of Illustrations



Introduction



I. Antiquity



1.1. Seneca, two thousand years ago

1.2. Settlers and founders: ápoikoi and oikistés

1.3 Augustus’s Res gestae

1.4. Peoples on the march



II. In the Hands of the State

2.1. Forced migration

2.2. Peru: up and down the Andes

2.3. The end of an empire

2.4. The Soviet Union and its internal enemies



III. Misdeeds of Nature

3.1. Unkind nature

3.2. Drought

3.3. A Caribbean odyssey

3.4. Ireland: the blight of diaspora



IV. Organised Migration

4.1. On the road, not alone

4.2. The filles du roi in the laboratory of Nouvelle France

4.3. The Drang nach Osten and the Germanisation of Eastern Europe

4.4. From the Rhine to the Volga with Catherine the Great



V. Free Migration

5.1. A Rare Phenomenon

5.2. Moving freely

5.3. The Great Transoceanic Migration

5.4. America: the “advancing wave” of migration



Reconsiderations



Notes

Index

About the Author

Massimo Livi-Bacci is Emeritus Professor of Demography at the University of Florence.

Reviews

"A wide-ranging, erudite and original meditation on the extraordinary and ordinary act of human migration. Livi-Bacci uses analytic rigour and personal stories to counter the 'migration crisis' myths of our current age."
—Peter Leese, author of Migrant Representations: Life Story, Investigation, Picture "... engaging and thoughtful."
—New Zealand Sociology "Livi-Bacci's book serves as an excellent introduction for scholars and students interested in understanding migration and population dynamics. Its comprehensive coverage of diverse migration cases provides valuable insights for anyone seeking to delve into this complex field of study."
—Diaspora Studies