Pushes and Pulls : Why Do People Migrate?
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Overview
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.
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- ISBN-13: 9780778751830
- ISBN-10: 077875183X
- Publisher: Crabtree Classics
- Publish Date: January 2010
- Dimensions: 10 x 8.26 x 0.38 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.81 pounds
- Page Count: 48
- Reading Level: Ages 10-14
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