Contents Preface Donna R. Gabaccia and Leslie Page Moch Acknowledgments Introduction Nancy L. Green and Fran¿ois Weil Part I: Freedom of Movement 1. Leaving: A Comparative View John Torpey 2. The Exit Revolution Aristide R. Zolberg Part II: Nation-Building and the Administrative Framework 3. Emigration and Nation-Building during the Mass Migrations from Europe Donna R. Gabaccia, Dirk Hoerder, and Adam Walaszek 4. The Liberal Italian State and Mass Emigration, 1860-1914 Caroline Douki 5. The French State and Transoceanic Emigration Fran¿ois Weil Part III: The Costs of Emigration 6. Emigration and the British State, c. 1815-1925 David Feldman and M. Page Baldwin 7. Holland beyond the Borders: Emigration and the Dutch State, 1850-1940 Corrie van Eijl and Leo Lucassen 8. From Economics to Ethnicity and Back: Reflections on Emigration Control in Germany, 1800-2000 Andreas Fahrmeir Part IV: Borders and Links 9. The United States Government and the Investigation of European Emigration in the Open Door Era Dorothee Schneider 10. Migration and National Consciousness: The Canadian Case Bruno Ramirez 11. Migration Policy and the Asymmetry of Power: The Mexican Case, 1900-2000 Jorg¿ Durand Part V: Naming Emigrants 12. The "Overseas Chinese": The State and Emigration from the 1890s through the 1990s Carine Pina-Guerassimoff and Eric Guerassimoff 13. Tracing the Genesis of Brain Drain in India through State Policy and Civil Society Binod Khadria 14. Israeli Emigration Policy Steven J. Gold Contributors Index