| Migration History in World History: Multidisciplinary Approaches Contributor(s): Lucassen, Jan, Lucassen, Leo, Manning, Patrick |
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ISBN: 9004180311 ISBN-13: 9789004180314 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $157.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Modern - General - History | World - General - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 304.809 |
| Series: Studies in Global Social History |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.4" W x 9.5" (1.30 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Migration is the talk of the town. On the whole, however, the current situation is seen as resulting from unique political upheavals. Such a-historical interpretations ignore the fact that migration is a fundamental phenomenon in human societies from the beginning and plays a crucial role in the cultural, economic, political and social developments and innovations. So far, however, most studies are limited to the last four centuries, largely ignoring the spectacular advances made in other disciplines which study the 'deep past', like anthropology, archaeology, population genetics and linguistics, and that reach back as far as 80.000 years ago. This is the first book that offers an overview of the state of the art in these disciplines and shows how historians and social scientists working in the recent past can profit from their insights. |
