Migration, immigration and emigration Books

Experience and Representation: Contemporary Perspectives on Migration in Australia provides a critical overview of influential theoretical perspectives and recent empirical material in the fields of migration, race, culture and politics. With a primary...

The expansion of the European Union in May 2004 through the entry of ten countries from Central and Eastern Europe, has generated considerable media interest - interest which was revived by further expansion in January 2007 when Bulgaria and Romania...

One of the best analysts of the complexities of racism in Europe today. This the major work we've been waiting for. An enormously accomplished and important book' - Professor Avery Gordon, Department of Sociology, University of California, Santa...

The author of Refugee Memoirs took on to emigrate out of the comfort of his family home and native country, as a teenager, not knowing perhaps, the full, life-changing implications laying ahead.Adventure and the unknown were the real drivers, under the...

This book offers critical analysis of everyday narratives of Iranian middle class migrants who use their social class and careers to "fit in" with British society.  Based on a series of interviews and participant observations with two cohorts...

The concept of Third Culture Kids is often used to describe people who have spent their childhood on the move, living in many different countries and languages. This book examines the hype, relevance and myths surrounding the concept while also...

Informed by witness testimonies, Eurafrican Migration details how the perilous journeys undertaken by irregular migrants are enabled by complex networks of guides during the Sahara phase, and explores the relationship between migrants and the criminal...

How does the European Union maintain a multi-territorial area of free mobility, despite the fact that only its constituting units possess the necessary means to control mobility? This book explores the structural tensions and conflicts that arise with...

Are you considering relocating to Kenya, the vibrant heart of Africa? Whether you're an adventurous soul seeking new horizons, a professional embarking on a career opportunity, or a family looking for a culturally rich experience, "A Guide to Relocating...

How does a young girl search for a benevolent father figure and suitable husband for her single mother among a group of Holocaust survivors? Set in the deteriorating north end of Springfield, Massachusetts in the 1950s, Surviving Remnant is Hanna...

"Maps a fascinating and far-flung global frontier that Algerians have crossed over for centuries. This is not only a history of the modern and contemporary Algerian diaspora but also an instructive study of political, social, cultural, and economic...

This book identifies many of the people of the counties of Caithness, Sutherland, and Inverness-Shure during the 17th century. The region mostly lies west and north the Great Glen apart from a portion of Inverness-shire which lies east of Lochs Lochy,...

This work identifies people in or from the neighboring counties of Renfrewshire, Ayrshire, Dumfries-shire, Kirkcudbrightshire, and Wigtownshire between 1800 and 1850. South West Scotland originally contained about 150 parishes, some of which subsequently...

From the medieval period until the Victorian era, Aberdeen was comprised of two separate burghs, Old Aberdeen and New Aberdeen. Old Aberdeen was centered on St. Machar's Cathedral when King David I established a new bishopric there around 1125. New...

Like the three earlier volumes in this series, the fourth and concluding volume is designed to identify ships plying their trade with North America between 1628 and 1828. While most early voyages between Scotland and North America were trading voyages,...

Published in the obscure "Journal of the Irish House of Commons" in 1743 as a report of a special committee appointed to look into abuses of the system of enforced emigration, these lists of about 2,000 felons and vagabonds forcibly transported from...

This work, as it originally appeared, ran serially from September 1898 through June 1906 in the short-lived periodical "The Spirit of 76," complete sets of which are practically unknown. The Guide consists of genealogical notices of 10,000 17th-century...

Originally published between 1995 and 1996 the five volumes of "Settlers of Maryland" had a profound impact on colonial Maryland genealogy. Starting at the point where Gust Skordas's famous "Early Settlers of Maryland, 1633-1680" left off, it identified...

This is one of the most outstanding records of early emigrants to Virginia. It records under the name of the patentee or grantee, the earliest Virginia land grants and patents from 1623 to 1666, giving the number of acres, locations and dates of...

This book contains references to people of the counties of Argyll, Bute, and Dunbarton, at home and abroad, between 1800 and 1850. These counties lie roughly north-west of Glasgow from the Firth of Clyde to the Firth of Lorne, together with Mull and some...

The Philadelphia "baggage lists" are the oldest federal passenger lists existing. Compiled in accordance with a law made to exempt in-coming passengers from paying duty on their personal belongings, they provide proof of immigration in the first two...

This is a comprehensive survey of the Irish in all phases of their emigration, settlement, and life in North America. They are viewed under arms in the Indian wars, the Revolution, the War of 1812, and in the individual services; studied in their states...

What motivates "ordinary people" to support refugees emotionally and financially?This is a timely question considering the number of displaced people in today's world is at an all-time high. To help counter this crisis, it is imperative for the Canadian...

Con la pasión y la minuciosidad que lo caracteriza, el periodista Jorge Ramos nos cuenta los detalles de esta desgarradora tragedia, a la vez que busca comprender cómo algo tan inhumano puede suceder en pleno siglo XXI.

When the Berlin Wall came down suddenly in 1989, it marked a rupture of global significance. Almost overnight, November 9 became one of the most significant dates in global collective memory, as well as a signal event in German national history. This...

The rise of China as a great power in East Asia, the return of the Kuomintang (Nationalist Party) as the ruling political party in Taiwan, and new pressures on America's traditionally dominant position in the region create a crossroads in the relations...

Updated January 2023. All of the 100 Sample Questions and Answers to the US Immigration Citizenship Test made easy. Professionally developed and annotated with current Representatives, State Capitals, Legal Advice, and Sample Written Questions. Also...

1961'de başladı her şey, Haydar Paşa Tren Garından davul ve zurnayla uğurlanan ilk ekibin gittiği Almanya, şu anda çok sayıda Türk'ün yaşadığı bir coğrafyaya dönüştü. Kuşaklar kuşakları takip etti, kimi göç etti kimi orada doğdu. Hâlbuki başlangıçta...

Kernthemen des Buches sind das Migrations- und Kriminalverhalten von in Deutschland lebenden Ausländern und Zuwanderern. In der Öffentlichkeit wurde dazu bislang eine kontroverse bis polarisierende Debatte geführt: Für die einen stellen die Zuwanderer...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2017 im Fachbereich Geschichte - Sonstiges, Note: 2, Pädagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Zunächst wird das Phänomen der Migration und die Beweggründe der Auswanderung näher betrachtet, um auf die...

New to America? Want to serve newcomers? Curious about the history of Coptic immigration to the U.S.A.? Trying to adapt yourself to your new environment?Coptic Orthodox Christians have been immigrating to the United States in droves over the last few...

For almost nine decades, since their mass-resettlement to the Levant in the wake of the Genocide and First World War, the Armenian communities of Lebanon and Syria appear to have successfully maintained a distinct identity as an ethno-culturally diverse...

Sexuality and gender have come to serve as measures for cultural belonging in discussions of the position of Muslim immigrants in multicultural Western societies. While the acceptance of assumed local norms such as sexual liberty and gender equality are...

A través de los siglos, la historia nos ha documentado sobre la imperiosa necesidad del ser humano por migrar a territorios contrarios al de su origen.¿Qué motivos o fundamentos existen en el mundo que impulsan a pobladores de distintas naciones y razas...

A systematic theology of migration that seeks to reframe the operative political, social and cultural narratives through a Eucharistic narrative. The heart of it revolves around the outer journey of migrants, the inner journey of faith, and the divine...

Winner of the 2018 Gordon K. and Sybil Farrell Lewis Award for the best book in Caribbean studies from the Caribbean Studies AssociationThis book tells a distinct story of Indians in the Caribbean--one concentrated not only on archival records and...

A View of Spain V5 is a comprehensive guide to the country of Spain, written by Alexander de Laborde in 1809. The book is divided into two main parts: a descriptive itinerary of each province, and a general statistical account of the country.The...

""Recollections of the Last Half-Century"" is a historical memoir written by Giuseppe Orsi in 1881. Orsi was an Italian patriot and politician who played a significant role in the Italian Risorgimento, which was the movement for Italian unification in...

The Emigrant's Pocket Companion, written by Robert Mudie in 1832, is a comprehensive guide for individuals considering emigration. The book explores the concept of emigration, who should consider it, and where they should go. It provides practical advice...

The Emigrant's Introduction: To An Acquaintance With The British American Colonies, And The Present Condition And Prospects Of The Colonists is a book written by S. S. Hill and published in 1837. The book serves as a guide for those who are planning to...