Migration history in world history
Subtitle: multidisciplinary approaches
By: edited by Jan Lucassen, Leo Lucassen and Patrick Manning
Series: Studies in global social history -- v. 3; Studies in global social history -- v. 3.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9789004180314
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 ʻdeep pastʼ, 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."--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.