Migrants and Migration in Modern North America : Cross-Border Lives, Labor Markets, and Politics
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Migrants and Migration in Modern North America : Cross-Border Lives, Labor Markets, and Politics

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Migrants and Migration in Modern North America : Cross-Border Lives, Labor Markets, and Politics

About this book

Presenting an unprecedented, integrated view of migration in North America, this interdisciplinary collection of essays illuminates the movements of people within and between Canada, the Caribbean, Mexico, and the United States over the past two centuries. Several essays discuss recent migrations from Central America as well. In the introduction, Dirk Hoerder provides a sweeping historical overview of North American societies in the Atlantic world. He also develops and advocates what he and Nora Faires call "transcultural societal studies, â€_x009d_ an interdisciplinary approach to migration studies that combines migration research across disciplines and at the local, regional, national, and transnational levels. The contributors examine the movements of diverse populations across North America in relation to changing cultural, political, and economic patterns.

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Yes, you can access Migrants and Migration in Modern North America : Cross-Border Lives, Labor Markets, and Politics by Nora Faires, Dirk Hoerder in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & North American History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Duke University Press
Year
2011
eBook ISBN
9780822394419
Topic
History
Subtopic
North American History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. List of Maps
  3. Preface
  4. Introduction: Migration, People’s Lives, Shiftingand Permeable Borders: The North American and Caribbean Societies in the Atlantic World
  5. Part I: Intersocietal Migrations
  6. Part II: Connecting Borderlands, Littorals, and regions
  7. Part III: Complicating Narratives
  8. Part IV: Contemporary and Applied Perspectives
  9. About the Contributors
  10. Index