The Wanderings of Peoples (Paperback or Softback)

Written by the founder of Britain's Cambridge University's Anthropology Department, this pioneering work traces the origins of the world's nations as they are found on all continents in terms of their ancestral migrations across the globe.

Starting with an overview of the basic concepts involved (defining a mass migration, the driving forces for such movements, religious fervour and so on), this remarkable work then moves on to a chapter-by-chapter discussions of the great Völkerwanderungs which led to the peopling of the continents.

A vital work for anyone seeking an understanding of just how the indigenous populations of the world came to be resident in their regions.

This is a completely reset edition, with all original five maps digitally restored to the highest standards possible. It also contains a new index and a brief biography of the author.

Alfred Cort Haddon (1855-1940) was one of Britain's most important anthropologists and ethnologists. He founded the school of anthropology at the University of Cambridge and served as president of the following organizations: Section H (Anthropology) in the British Association meetings of 1902 and 1905; the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland; the Folk Lore Society; and the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. He was also an elected Fellow of the Royal Society. Apart from his numerous books, Haddon also contributed several articles to the Encyclopædia Britannica, the Dictionary of National Biography, and Hastings's Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics.