1. Goals and guidelines
2. Evolving world migrations since Columbus
3. The transition to mass migration : how it all began
4. What drove European mass emigration?
5. Emigrant origins and immigrant outcomes
6. The impact of mass migration on convergence and inequality
7. Mass migrations in the poor periphery
8. Political debate and policy backlash
9. The demise of mass migration and its impact
10. Resurrection : world migration since World War II
11. World migration under policy constraints
12. Where are all the Africans?
13. The rise (and fall?) of asylum seeking
14. The labor market and fiscal impact of immigration
15. Migrant selection, immigrant assimilation, and emigrant brain drain
16. Policy and prejudice
17. Policy and performance
18. World mass migration : past, present, and future.