Cultures in Contact: World Migrations in the Second Millennium

by Dirk Hoerder

Book Overview

A landmark work on human migration around the globe, Cultures in Contact provides a history of the world told through the movements of its people. It is a broad, pioneering interpretation of the scope, patterns, and consequences of human migrations over the past ten centuries. In this magnum opus thirty years in the making, Dirk Hoerder reconceptualizes the history of migration and immigration, establishing that societal transformation cannot...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822349019
• ISBN13: 9780822349013
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 808 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.7" x 9.8"