全2巻、60章以上にわたって、1400年から現在という拡張された時間軸でグローバルな移住の諸相を掘り下げる歴史レファレンス。日本に関連する3章「近世日本の長距離貿易」「近世日本：移住が限られた国」「帝国日本の移民」（東栄一郎）を含む。Split into two volumes, The Cambridge History of Global Migrations explores the lives and evaluates the significance of mobile people from 1400 to the present. Featuring over sixty essays from experts across the field, together the volumes amplify the stories of foragers and herders, pilgrims and missionaries, merchants, slaves, captives and prisoners, wealthy and impoverished jobseekers, and refugees fleeing violence, oppression and environmental change.