Most studies of immigration to the New World have focused on the United States. Samuel L. Baily's eagerly awaited book broadens that perspective through a compa

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This book examines return migration to Italy from the United States from 1870 to 1929. A large number of Italians did not intend to settle permanently in the Un

What do governments do when much of their population simply gets up and walks away? In Mexico and other migrant-sending countries, mass emigration prompts gover