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An acclaimed historian examines postwar migration's fundamental role in shaping modern Europe Migration is perhaps the most pressing issue of our time, and it has completely decentered European politics in recent years. But as we consider the current refugee crisis, acclaimed historian Peter Gatrell reminds us that the history of Europe has always been one of people on the move. The end of World War II left Europe in a state of confusion with many Europeans virtually stateless. Later, as former colonial states gained national independence, colonists and their supporters migrated to often-unwelcoming metropoles. The collapse of communism in 1989 marked another fundamental turning point. Gatrell places migration at the center of post-war European history, and the aspirations of migrants themselves at the center of the story of migration. This is an urgent history that will reshape our understanding of modern Europe.

Offers a comprehensive history of global population displacement in the twentieth century, and provides a new analytic approach to the subject by exploring its causes, consequences, and meanings

A unique study of a postwar campaign by the UN, NGOs, governments and individuals to address the global refugee crisis.

Exploring the stability of economic and administrative structures in late-imperial Russia, this book delves into critical questions regarding the nation's preparedness for World War I in 1914. It offers an economic historian's insights, examining the underlying factors that influenced Russia's historical trajectory and the implications of its economic conditions on the war's onset. Through this lens, readers gain a deeper understanding of the complexities facing Russia during a pivotal moment in its history.

The social, political, and cultural significance of refugeedom.

Shows that war is itself 'revolutionary' - rupturing established social and economic ties, but also creating new social and economic relationships, affiliations, practices and opportunities. This work looks at the First World War in Russia for its own sake, not just as the seedbed of the Revolution.