Migration, Migration History, History

Old Paradigms and New Perspectives

456 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

During the last decade studies have indicated that migration has been a normal, structural element of human societies throughout history. Progress in migration and settlement studies under this new paradigm has been so substantial that a new state of the art is needed. This book presents a reconsideration of current theoretical perspectives encompassing enlightened insights in diverging specialisms in the field of migration history, such as slavery studies, ethnic history, macro-economic migration studies, and gypsy studies. The seventeen essays in this volume, written by leading scholars in the field, collectively represent a pioneering effort in migration and settlement studies. They address the problems of ongoing specialization (and hence the need for synthesis) and the difficulties of integrating the consequences of this new paradigm into general histories.

• Reihe: International and Comparative Social History
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie und Anthropologie Soziologie Arbeit und Beruf
• ISBN: 9783039108640
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.1997
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Peter Lang Group AG, International Academic Publishers
• Band herausgegeben von: Jan Lucassen, Leo Lucassen