Migration and Immigration: A Global ViewMaura I. Toro-Morn, Marisa Alicea Bloomsbury Academic, 2004 M03 30 - 288 pages The post-World War II period has been called the age of migration, since an unprecedented number of people worldwide have been on the move. This reference surveys migration and immigration past and present in 14 representative countries. Historical, social, political, and economic consequences of migration are considered. Students and researchers will find the synthesis indispensable and the format ideal for comparisons. |
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... EUROPE As has been described in this introduction , throughout the colonial period and into the 1900s , Europe was primarily an exporter of people to such diverse regions as Africa , Asia , Latin America , and the United States . One ...
... Europe were filled by guest workers from neighboring southern European countries , Yugoslavia , and Turkey . The " guest worker system ” provided war - torn European countries with the necessary labor to be able to rebuild battered ...
... Europe Jeremy Hein INTRODUCTION Profile of France France has a population of about 60 million people , of which ... Europe ( .1 ) . France is also slightly less urban than the average country in Western Europe ( 74 % com- pared to 79 ...
Contents
The Continent of Immigrants | 1 |
A Historical and Contemporary View | 19 |
Chinese Immigrants in the Global Economy | 35 |
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