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Critically examine the socio-cultural and economic impact of migration in Europe and Asia in the 18th and 19th centuries.

  • UPSC 2014
  • Imperialism and Colonialism

The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries produced the largest movement of people in world history to that point, driven by industrial dislocation in Europe and colonial demand for plantation labour in Asia and the Americas.

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  • European Emigration: Causes and Scale
  • The Indenture System: Asian Migration After Abolition
  • Economic Impacts
  • Socio-Cultural Impacts

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