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Exceptional people : how migration shaped our world and will define our future Cover Image Book Book

Exceptional people : how migration shaped our world and will define our future

Goldin, Ian 1955- (Author). Cameron, Geoffrey. (Added Author). Balarajan, Meera. (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780691145723 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0691145725 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: print
    xv, 371 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2011.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-357) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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.

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► Summaries & More
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List of Illustrations and Tables
ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1(10)
Part I Past
1 Migration from Prehistory to Columbus
11(28)
Early Migration
12(6)
Connecting Humanity
18(19)
Migration and Humanity
37(2)
2 Global Migrations: Toward a World Economy
39(30)
The Age of Exploration
40(5)
Imperialism and Coercion
45(2)
Unfree Migrations: Slavery and Indentured Labor
47(10)
Global "Tree" Migrations (ca. 1840--1914)
57(10)
Builders of the Modern World
67(2)
3 "Managed" Migration in the Twentieth Century (1914--1973)
69(28)
The End of the Liberal Period
70(7)
The Interwar Period: Economic Decline and Regulated Migration
77(8)
Post-WWII Migrations
85(7)
Finding Reasons to Regulate
92(5)
Part II Present
4 Leaving Home: Migration Decisions and Processes
97(24)
Micro-Level: Individuals and Families
99(4)
Meso-Level: Networks and Systems
103(6)
Macro-Level: Demographic, Political, and Economic Conditions
109(11)
Individual, Society, and National Influences
120(1)
5 Immigration and Border Control
121(41)
Channels and Flows of Migration
122(5)
Economic Migration
127(13)
Social Migration
140(7)
Refugee Migration
147(6)
Border Control
153(7)
Beyond Border Controls
160(2)
6 The Impacts of Migration
162(51)
Impacts on Receiving Countries
164(14)
Impacts on Sending Countries
178(15)
Impacts on Migrants
193(16)
Impacts on Societies and Migrants
209(4)
Part III Future
7 The Future of Migration
213(46)
The Backdrop of Globalization
215(4)
Supply of Migrants
219(22)
Demand for Migrants
241(18)
8 A Global Migration Agenda
259(28)
Thought Experiments
261(4)
A Long-Term Vision of Freer Movement
265(5)
Principles for Global Migration
270(11)
The Need for Global Leadership
281(6)
Notes 287(44)
References 331(28)
Index 359

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