Migration and Society in Early Modern England
Internal migration in Great Britain during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries is reviewed. "This collection of essays...focuses historical attention on migration as an essential element in the growth of early modern society....This volume is concerned not only with the nature of migration but with its interaction with society as a whole. Collected here are a number of key articles from the published literature and a number of new essays covering major aspects of the subject. Two chapters are included on migration connections with colonial North America seen as an extension of internal migration patterns. The introduction outlines the methodological problems of studying migration...as well as sketching the broad scenario of migration in the period to set in context the detailed chapters which follow." (EXCERPT)