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 provide 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.

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction 2. Migration Studies in Latin America: An Interdisciplinary Account Section I: Great Migration Systems in the Americas 3. The Mesoamerican Migration System 4. Main Historical Trends in Caribbean Migration 5. International Migration in South America Section II: Migration Dynamics (1870–1930) 6. Migration and Nation in Latin America 7. Pacific Rims and Atlantic Worlds 8. Religion and Migration in Latin America 9. Haitian Migration to the Dominican Republic 10. Arab Americana: Redrawing "Hemispheric Partitions" 11. Jewish Migration to Latin America Section III: 20th Century Migration Movements (1930–2000) 12. Gender Migration in Latin America 13. Forced Migration and Exile: Analytical and Historical Perspectives 14. Indigenous Migration in Latin America 15. Migratory Processes in Argentina 16. Venezuela: The Golden Magnet 17. Central American Migration to the United States: Historical Roots and Current Conditions 18. Mexican Migration to the United States and the Rise of the Deportation Machine 19. Latin American Migration to Canada: Understanding Socially Differentiated Inclusions Section IV: Migration Patterns in the 21st Century 20. Demographic Environment and Migration Perspectives in Latin America and the Caribbean 21. Internal Displacement in Latin America 22. The Nexus of Forced Migration and Organized Violence 23. Urban Labor Markets and Migration in Latin American Cities 24. Root Causes of the Contemporary Venezuelan Exodus 25. More than a Northward Migratory Corridor: Changes in Transit Migration and Migration Policy in Mexico 26. Return Migration to Mexico Section IV: Future Dynamics in Population Movements 27. Environmental Change, Its Social Impacts, and Migration Responses Within and Out of Latin America: A Review and Theoretical Inquiry 28. New Communication Technologies and Peoples’ Movement 29. Migration Research in Violent Areas 30. Human Mobility and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Latin America 31. Caravans Adrift: Central American Migrants Stranded Along the Northern Border of Mexico 32. Between Closure and Openness: Migration Governance and the Venezuelan Exodus