Ulf Brunnbauer is director of the Institute for East and Southeast European Studies and chair of Southeast and East European History at the University of Regensburg.

Brunnbauer offers a history of emigration from Southeastern Europe that provides insightful connections between Balkan diasporas in North America, nationalist movements, and state policies. He argues convincingly that emigration from Southeastern Europe was an essential part of socioeconomic development for the region and a justification for a raft of government policies. The impact of the state policies stressed in this work often had great continuity among imperial, national, and communist governments. Further, the transnational character of Southeastern European emigration is shown by the large-scale movements out of the region and the frequent return of migrants. This counters the notion of Southeastern Europe as isolated and provincial. Using archival material of the successor states of Yugoslavia and Bulgaria along with a wide variety of secondary literature, Brunnbauer firmly supports his ideas. Several maps, tables, and illustrations further buttress the work. Principally focused on the former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, the author also incorporates examples from Greece, Albania, and Romania, although he draws these principally from secondary sources. This work shows that emigration and return become essential in understanding the development of modern Southeastern Europe. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Overseas Emigration from the Balkans until 1914Chapter 3: To Make a Living in America—and at HomeChapter 4: The Politics of EmigrationChapter 5: Nationalism, the State, and Emigrants in the Interwar PeriodChapter 6: The Emerging Communist Emigration RegimeChapter 7: Conclusions

Ulf Brunnbauer is director of the Institute for East and Southeast European Studies and chair of Southeast and East European History at the University of Regensburg.

Brunnbauer offers a history of emigration from Southeastern Europe that provides insightful connections between Balkan diasporas in North America, nationalist movements, and state policies. He argues convincingly that emigration from Southeastern Europe was an essential part of socioeconomic development for the region and a justification for a raft of government policies. The impact of the state policies stressed in this work often had great continuity among imperial, national, and communist governments. Further, the transnational character of Southeastern European emigration is shown by the large-scale movements out of the region and the frequent return of migrants. This counters the notion of Southeastern Europe as isolated and provincial. Using archival material of the successor states of Yugoslavia and Bulgaria along with a wide variety of secondary literature, Brunnbauer firmly supports his ideas. Several maps, tables, and illustrations further buttress the work. Principally focused on the former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, the author also incorporates examples from Greece, Albania, and Romania, although he draws these principally from secondary sources. This work shows that emigration and return become essential in understanding the development of modern Southeastern Europe. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Overseas Emigration from the Balkans until 1914Chapter 3: To Make a Living in America—and at HomeChapter 4: The Politics of EmigrationChapter 5: Nationalism, the State, and Emigrants in the Interwar PeriodChapter 6: The Emerging Communist Emigration RegimeChapter 7: Conclusions

Ulf Brunnbauer is director of the Institute for East and Southeast European Studies and chair of Southeast and East European History at the University of Regensburg.

Brunnbauer offers a history of emigration from Southeastern Europe that provides insightful connections between Balkan diasporas in North America, nationalist movements, and state policies. He argues convincingly that emigration from Southeastern Europe was an essential part of socioeconomic development for the region and a justification for a raft of government policies. The impact of the state policies stressed in this work often had great continuity among imperial, national, and communist governments. Further, the transnational character of Southeastern European emigration is shown by the large-scale movements out of the region and the frequent return of migrants. This counters the notion of Southeastern Europe as isolated and provincial. Using archival material of the successor states of Yugoslavia and Bulgaria along with a wide variety of secondary literature, Brunnbauer firmly supports his ideas. Several maps, tables, and illustrations further buttress the work. Principally focused on the former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, the author also incorporates examples from Greece, Albania, and Romania, although he draws these principally from secondary sources. This work shows that emigration and return become essential in understanding the development of modern Southeastern Europe. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Overseas Emigration from the Balkans until 1914Chapter 3: To Make a Living in America—and at HomeChapter 4: The Politics of EmigrationChapter 5: Nationalism, the State, and Emigrants in the Interwar PeriodChapter 6: The Emerging Communist Emigration RegimeChapter 7: Conclusions