The age of migration : international population movements in the modern world /

Castles, Stephen,

The age of migration : international population movements in the modern world / Stephen Castles, Mark J. Miller. - Fourth edition. - xviii, 369 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Previous ed.: 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-349) and index.

Introduction -- Theories of migration -- Globalization, development and migration -- International migration before 1945 -- Migration to Europe, North America and Oceania since 1945 -- Migration in the Asia-Pacific region -- Migration in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, and Latin America -- The state and international migration : the quest for control -- Migration and security -- Migrants and minorities in the labour force -- New ethnic minorities and society -- Migrants and politics -- Conclusion : migration and mobility in the twenty-first century.

This edition provides coverage of the nature, extent and dimensions of international population movements and of their consequences in an increasingly multicultural world.

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Emigration and immigration.
Emigration and immigration--History

JV6032 / .C37 2009

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