Leaving Home: Migration Yesterday and Today

by Barry Moreno

Book Overview

The nineteenth century is often called the century of mass migration. Multiple factors, including new opportunities created by the industrial revolution, left many people from underdeveloped regions, searching to find a better life somewhere else. Now, with migration still as a key global trend--an estimated 500 million currently on the move worldwide--it is important to identify the motivations and experiences behind these initial emigrants.

This...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3837840077
• ISBN13: 9783837840070
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Edition Temmen
• Length: 277 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.9" x 10.6"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher