Key Concept 5.4
Global Migration
Migration patterns changed dramatically throughout this period and the numbers of migrants increased significantly. These changes were closely connected to the development of transoceanic empires and a global capitalist economy. In some cases, people benefitted economically from migration, while other peoples were seen simply as commodities to be transported. In both cases, migration produced dramatically different societies for both sending and receiving societies and presented challenges to governments in fostering national identities and regulating the flow of people.
I. Migration in many cases was influenced by changes in demography in both industrialized and unindustrialized societies that presented challenges to existing patterns of living.
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II. Migrants relocated for various reasons.
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III. The large scale nature of migration, especially in the 19th century, produced a variety of consequences and reaction to the increasingly diverse societies on the part of migrants and the existing populations.
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