What Is Migration History? - Couverture rigide

Harzig, Christiane; Hoerder, Dirk

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0745643353 ISBN 13 : 9780745643359

Editeur : Polity Press, 2009

Synopsis

The study of migration is and always has been an interdisciplinary field of study, vast and vibrant in nature. This short introduction to the field, written by leading historians of migration for student readers, offers an acute analysis of key issues across several disciplines. It takes in its scope an overview of migrations through history, how classic theories have interpreted such movements, and contemporary topics and debates including transnational and transcultural lives, access to citizenship, and migrant entrepreneurship.

Historical perspectives reveal how the scholarly field emerged and developed over time and across cultures and how historians of migration have recently begun to re-write the story of human life on earth. Throughout, the authors suggest how the movements of millions of mobile men and women persistently challenge changing scholarly paradigms for understanding their lives. Key concepts and theories, such as systems, networks, and gender, are explained and historicized to produce a complex picture of the interaction of migrants, scholars, and disciplinary cultures in a globalized world.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Christiane Harzig, Associate Professor, Arizona State University

Dirk Hoerder, Professor, Arizona State University

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Polity Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0745643353
• ISBN 13: 9780745643359
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 200
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible