"The Routledge History of Modern Latin American Migration offers a systematic account of population movements to and from the region over the last 150 years, spanning from the massive transoceanic migration of the 1870s to contemporary intraregional and transnational movements. The volume introduces the migratory trajectories of Latin American populations as a complex web of transnational movements linking origin, transit, and receiving countries. It showcases the historical mobility dynamics of different national groups including Arab, Asian, African, European and indigenous migration and their divergent international trajectories within existing Migration Systems in the Western Hemisphere, including South America, the Caribbean, and Mesoamerica. The contributors explore some of the main causes for migration, including wars, economic dislocation, social immobility, environmental degradation, repression and violence. Multiple case studies address critical contemporary topics such as the Venezuelan exodus, Central American migrant caravans, environmental migration, indigenous and gender migration, migrant religiosity, transit and return migration, urban labor markets, internal displacement, the nexus between organized crime and forced migration, the role of social media and new communication technologies, and the effects of the COVID 19 pandemic on movement. These essays offer a comprehensive map of the historical evolution of migration in Latin America and contribute to define future challenges in migration studies in the region. This book will be of interest to scholars of Latin American and Migration Studies in the disciplines of history, sociology, political science, anthropology, and geography"-- Provided by publisher.

Migration studies in Latin America : an interdisciplinary account /Douglas S. Massey -- The Mesoamerican migration system / Jorge Durand -- Main historical trends in Caribbean migration / Jorge Duany -- International migration in South America / Victoria Prieto-Rosas and Julieta Bengochea -- Migration and nation in Latin America / Michael Goebel -- Pacific rims and the Atlantic worlds / Jeffrey Lesser -- Religion and migration in Latin America / Julia G. Young -- Haitian migration to the Dominican Republic / Marina Ariza -- Arab Americana : redrawing "hemispheric partitions" / John Tofik Karam -- Jewish migration to Latin America / Mariusz KaÅéczewiak -- Gender migration in Latin America / Marcela Cerrutti -- Forced migration and exile : analytical and historical perspectives / Luis Roniger -- Indigenous migration in Latin America / Laura Velasco Ortiz -- Migratory processes in Argentina / Alejandro Grimson and Menara Guizardi -- Venezuela : the golden magnet / William MejiÌa -- Central American migration to the United States : historical roots and current conditions / Leisy J. Abrego and Cecilia MenjiÌvar -- Mexican migration to the United States and the rise of the deportation machine / Adam Goodman -- Latin American migration to Canada : understanding socially differentiated inclusions / Tanya Basok, Luin Goldring, Patricia Landolt, Fernando Mata and Paloma E. Villegas -- Demographic environment and migration perspectives in Latin America and the Caribbean / Silvia E. Giorguli-Saucedo, Victor M. GarciÌa-Guerrero, Claudia Masferrer -- Internal displacement in Latin America / Andreas E. Feldmann -- The nexus of forced migration and organized violence / Ximena Alba, Ludger Pries and Stephanie SchuÌêtze -- Urban labor markets and migration in Latin American cities / CristoÌbal Mendoza -- Root causes of the contemporary Venezuelan exodus / Lourdes Gouveia -- More than a northward migratory corridor : changes in transit migration and migration policy in Mexico / Martha Luz Rojas Wiesner -- Return migration to Mexico / MoÌnica L. Jacobo-Suárez and Nuty CaÌrdenas-Alaminos -- Environmental change, its social impacts, and migration responses within and out of Latin America : a review and theoretical inquiry / Fernando Riosmena -- New communication technologies and peoples' movement / Michele F. Ferris-Dobles -- Migration research in violent areas / Rebecca V. Bell-Martin and Jerome F. Marston Jr. -- Human mobility and the COVID 19 pandemic in Latin America / Luisa Feline Freier and Soledad Castillo-Jara -- Caravans adrift : Central American migrants stranded along the northern border of Mexico / Dolores Paris-Pombo and Amarela Varela-Huerta -- Between closure and openness : migration governance and the Venezuelan exodus / Luciana Gandini.