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Migration: A World History
Michael H. Fisher
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Description for Migration: A World History
Paperback. Fisher explores the process of migration chronologically and at levels varying from the migration of an individual community, to larger patterns of the collective movements of major ethnic groups, to the more abstract study of emigration, migration, and immigration. Series: New Oxford World History. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white halftones, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFFN; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 175 x 7. Weight in Grams: 258.
Migration began with our origin as the human species and continues today. Each chapter of world history features distinct types of migration. The earliest migrations spread humans across the globe. Over the centuries, as our cultures, societies, and technologies evolved in different material environments, migrants conflicted, merged, and cohabited with each other, creating, entering, and leaving various city-states, kingdoms, empires, and nations. During the early modern period, migrations reconnected the continents, including through colonization and forced migrations of subject peoples, while political concepts like citizen and alien developed. In recent history, migrations changed their ... Read more
Migration began with our origin as the human species and continues today. Each chapter of world history features distinct types of migration. The earliest migrations spread humans across the globe. Over the centuries, as our cultures, societies, and technologies evolved in different material environments, migrants conflicted, merged, and cohabited with each other, creating, entering, and leaving various city-states, kingdoms, empires, and nations. During the early modern period, migrations reconnected the continents, including through colonization and forced migrations of subject peoples, while political concepts like citizen and alien developed. In recent history, migrations changed their ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
New Oxford World History
Condition
New
Weight
257g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199764334
SKU
V9780199764334
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About Michael H. Fisher
Michael H. Fisher is Robert S. Danforth Professor of History at Oberlin College
Reviews for Migration: A World History
Fisher is to be commended for producing a well-written and easy-reading piece while managing to cover much ground in a slim volume.
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