Exceptional people : how migration shaped our world and will define our future /
By: Goldin, Ian
Title By: Cameron, Geoffrey | Balarajan, Meera
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BookPublisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2011.Description: xv, 371 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780691156316; 069115631XProgram: MIST906 MIST913Subject(s): Emigration and immigration | Immigration and emigrationDDC classification: 304.8 Online resources: Location Map
Summary:
Explores the advantages of immigration for countries, explaining how the circulation of ideas and technologies has benefited communities, and how the movement of people across oceans and continents has fueled economies.
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 304.8 GO EX (Browse shelf) | Available | T0046985 |
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| 304.8 AR MI Migration : | 304.8 AR MI Migration : | 304.8 CO CU Cultures of migration : | 304.8 GO EX Exceptional people : | 304.8 OR IN International migration and social theory / | 304.8 OR IN International migration and social theory / | 304.8 RE SE Researching and representing mobilities : |
Maps on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-357) and index.
Migration from prehistory to Columbus -- Global migrations: toward a world economy -- "Managed" migration in the twentieth century (1914-1973) -- Leaving home: migration decisions and processes -- Immigration and border control -- The impacts of migration -- The future of migration -- A global migration agenda.
Explores the advantages of immigration for countries, explaining how the circulation of ideas and technologies has benefited communities, and how the movement of people across oceans and continents has fueled economies.
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