Migration and Immigration: A Global View (A World View of Social Issues) (Hardcover)

by Maura I. Toro-Morn (Editor), Marixsa Alicea (Editor) "Australia's population has reached 19,386,700 and is growing (2001) at 1.2 percent per annum (ABS, 2002), making it one of the fastest growing of OECD..." (more)
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“[T]oro-Morn and Alicea present a comparative framework for study of the obstacles, motivations, and methods of migrants....This convenient work provides reflective readers with essential background on an undeniably significant subject. Recommended. General readers; undergraduates.”–Choice

“[T]his volume can be seen as a collection of encyclopedia entries on aspects of migration in recent years, providing interesting facts and some promising citations.”–Journal of Social History

“Migration and Immigration provides a broad overview of global migration. Through fourteen case studies from Europe, Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, North and South America and Australia, it illustrates different patterns and trends in international migration. Presenting a truly global view, it reaches beyond the conventional dichotomies in the migration literature of core and periphery and sending and receiving countries....[t]he breadth of the migration experiences described is indispensable to understanding the complexity of migration in a global world. Nobuko Adachi's story of Japanese Brazilian migration to Japan, for example, will be new to many readers and adds insight to the intergenerational dynamics of migrants' lives. Migration and Immigration does a service by exposing readers to new trends in the rapidly changing state of global migration.”–Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare

Product Description
The post-World War II period has been called "the age of migration," since an unprecedented number of people worldwide have been on the move. This reference surveys migration and immigration past and present in 14 representative countries. Historical, social, political, and economic consequences of migration are considered. Students and researchers will find the synthesis indispensable and the format ideal for comparisons.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Greenwood Press (March 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0313330441
• ISBN-13: 978-0313330445
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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