Considers the phenomenon of European migration during the three centuries following the first voyage of Columbus to the New World. Although these studies focus on a range of European countries, they point collectively to the fact that migration led to early death rather than quick fortune.

`the book provides excellent, up-to-date surveys of the early history of long-distance migration' The Irish Times `The subject is of the greatest importance but has only in recent years begun to attract the attention it merits. This book makes handsome amends. ... this is an excellent book, full of new information and insights and the starting point for any further investigations into that outcome of European expansion whose consquences are still so manifestly with us.' History Today `The value of this collection lies principally in its comprehensiveness. Drawing upon a rich outpouring of recent scholarship, reflected in its bibliographies, this impressive collection is by far the best available summary of the field and makes a valuable contribution to migration studies generally.' Economic History Review `This informative collection of essays, most derived from a 1990 conference at the Royal Irish Academy, describes the current understanding of early modern migration from Europe...Europeans on the Move is an excellent interim report, offering some new answers and many new questions that will be of interest to early modern historians.' The International History Review `The substantive essays are among the most difficult a historian has to write, synthesizing into a progress report existing secondary literature without slipping into waffle or historiography ... the authors have succeeded in their tasks admirably ... All have been aided by their own research in the primary sources ... this is an important and stimulating book, which ought to lead to lecture revisions across the continent.' J.M. Bumsted, University of Manitoba, The Journal of American History, December 1995 `this is a very valuable collection that considerably advances the subject' Jeremy Black, University of Exeter, EHR Feb. 97