Migration in History: Human Migration in Comparative Perspective (Studies in Comparative History) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 158046159X ISBN 13: 9781580461597

Publisher: University of Rochester Press, 2007

Synopsis

A study of migration habits as a global phenomenon. Migration in History explores the nature and complexity of the movement of peoples, cultures, and ideas in historical context. This engaging volume presents essays from a variety of scholars to expand our understanding ofthe longstanding process and history of migration as an established global phenomenon. The articles examine population movements and their demographic, social, political, legal, and cultural causes and consequences in Medieval andModern Europe, South Asia, Israel, and China. Topics addressed include voluntary and forced movements of people within and between regions and nations; movement towards urban centers or dispersal into surrounding countryside; transfers of cultural objects, practices, and technologies; experiences of resocialization and the transfer, reconstruction, and creation of memories, myths, values and symbols; the role of local, national, and transnational legal institutions; the relationship between immigration, assimilation, religion, and acculturation; movement in the interest of ethnic autonomy or secession, and as a response to such dangers as deprivation, religious persecution, and the development of border zones within which populations move and interact. Contributors: David Abraham, Elspeth Carruthers, Hasia R. Diner, Luca Einaudi, Joshua Fogel, Gautam Ghosh, and Carl Ipsen. Anthony T. Grafton teaches European history at Princeton University; Marc S. Rodriguez is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame.

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Migration in History Explores the nature and complexity of the movement of people, cultures, and ideas in historical context. This volume contains articles that examine population movements and their demographic, social, political, legal, and cultural causes and consequences in Medieval and Modern Europe, South Asia, Israel, and China. Full description

Review

The interdisciplinary and comparative nature of this collection, which includes submissions by economists, anthropologists and historians alike, emphasizes how important the "longer view" is in the study of migration. . . . This collection takes an important step in viewing the various aspects of migration through time -- thus locating the important and complex processes involved in human migration in historical perspective. JOURNAL OF SOCIAL HISTORY, Summer 2009 [Bethany Hicks]

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 158046159X
• ISBN 13: 9781580461597
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 282
• Editor: Rodriguez Marc S., Grafton-left Princeton 2008 Professor Emeritus Anthony T