Pushes & Pulls: Why Do People Migrate? (Investigating Human Migration & Settlement)

Walker, Robert

ISBN 10: 077875183X / ISBN 13: 9780778751830

Published by Crabtree Pub Co, 2010

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some wear, Ex-Library: contains identifying library markings but withdrawn from circulation.

Seller Inventory # 190201-0D

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pushes & Pulls: Why Do People Migrate? (Investigating Human Migration & Settlement)
• Publisher: Crabtree Pub Co
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 077875183X
• ISBN 13: 9780778751830
• Binding: Library Binding
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 13 ounces

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Synopsis

This intriguing book explores the reasons why people migrate: pushes - involuntary migrations - and pulls - voluntary migrations. The different causes include: population density or lack of resources; colonization and empire building; independence from colonization, population transfer, and ethnic cleansing; the slave trade and human trafficking; war or natural disasters; religious, racial, or cultural prejudice and persecution; and to find work. Historical migrations examined include: the very first human migrations out of Africa and the gradual spread of humans around the world; the rise and fall of the Roman Empire; the slave trade; the relocation of Native Americans; migrations due to drought and famine in Africa; migrations linked to the wars in the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, and Iraq; the Irish potato famine; the migrations of Jews around the world; and the "Great Migration" of African Americans from the south to the north.