{"product_id":"9780393078015","title":"The Great Departure: Mass Migration from Eastern Europe and the Making of the Free World - Zahra, Tara","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Great Departure: Mass Migration from Eastern Europe and the Making of the Free World\u003c\/u\u003e by Zahra, Tara\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover with Dust Jacket\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished by W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company, 2016\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“With a combination of deft historical analysis, sparkling prose, and careful attention to individual stories, both poignant and instructive, The Great Departure is brimming with important and suggestive lessons from the past for thinking about the worldwide dynamics of emigrants and refugees in our own day.”―Norman M. Naimark, Stanford University\u003cbr\u003eBetween 1846 and 1940, more than 50 million Europeans moved to the Americas, irrevocably changing both their new homes and the ones they left behind. In this groundbreaking study, Tara Zahra explores the deeper story of this astonishing movement of people―one of the largest in human history.\u003cbr\u003eThe great exodus out of Eastern Europe hollowed out villages with dizzying speed. As villages emptied and the fear of depopulation ran rampant, anxiety over “American fever” prevailed, leading to the scapegoating of Jewish emigration agents. Yet others saw vast opportunity: to seed colonies of migrants like the Polish community in Argentina, to gain economic advantage from an inflow of foreign currency, or to reshape their communities in a new land. In the United States, their migration fostered the notion of the “land of the free.” Globally, the policies that gave shape to this migration provided the precedent for future events such as the Holocaust, the closing of the Iron Curtain, and the tragedies of ethnic cleansing.\u003cbr\u003eA sweeping history of the most consequential social phenomenon of the twentieth century, The Great Departure gives poignant attention to the individuals whose lives were transformed by these decades of mass departure, and a keen historical perspective on their continuing legacy. 10 illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eProduct image is for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product offered for sale.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company, 2016","offers":[{"title":"The Great Departure: Mass Migration from Eastern Europe and the Making of the Free World \/ Very Good","offer_id":50664556429604,"sku":"9780393078015VG","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9951\/4148\/files\/public_d705067b-86ed-477d-88f9-3651f527238a.jpg?v=1781790909","url":"https:\/\/brookingsbooks.com\/products\/9780393078015","provider":"Brookings Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}