Pushes and Pulls: Why Do People Migrate? (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780778751984)

This intriguing book explores the reasons why people migrate: pushes - involuntary migrations - and pulls - voluntary migrations. The different causes include: population density or lack of resources; colonization and empire building; independence from colonization, population transfer, and ethnic cleansing; the slave trade and human trafficking; war or natural disasters; religious, racial, or cultural prejudice and persecution; and to find work. Historical migrations examined include: the very first human migrations out of Africa and the gradual spread of humans around the world; the rise and fall of the Roman Empire; the slave trade; the relocation of Native Americans; migrations due to drought and famine in Africa; migrations linked to the wars in the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, and Iraq; the Irish potato famine; the migrations of Jews around the world; and the "Great Migration" of African Americans from the south to the north.

Author: Robert Walker
ISBN-10: 0778751988
ISBN-13: 9780778751984
Publisher: Crabtree Classics
Language: English
Published: 01/15/2010
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 8.74h x 8.00w x 0.14d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8.8
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 136032 / Pushes & Pulls: Why Do People Migrate?


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/01/2010 pg. 68
School Library Journal 04/01/2010 pg. 97