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008 090827s2010 nyu j 000 0 eng
010 $a 2009034886
020 $a9780778751984 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a0778751988 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a9780778751830 (reinforced library binding : alk. paper)
020 $a077875183X (reinforced library binding : alk. paper)
035 $a(Sirsi) l2009034886
035 $a(OCoLC)436866887
050 00 $aGN370$b.W35 2010
082 00 $a304.8$222
100 1 $aWalker, Robert,$d1980-
245 10 $aPushes & pulls :$bwhy do people migrate? /$cby Robert Walker.
260 $aNew York :$bCrabtree Pub. Company,$cc2010.
300 $a48 p. :$bill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ;$c26 cm.
490 0 $aInvestigating human migration & settlement
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.
505 0 $aWhat are pushes & pulls? -- Expansion & colonialism -- Forced transportation -- Political, social & religious migration -- Environmental disasters -- Push & pull of economics.
520 $aThis 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.
650 0 $aHuman beings$xMigration$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aEmigration and immigration$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aForced migration$vJuvenile literature.
650 1 $aHuman beings$xMigration.
650 1 $aEmigration and immigration.
650 1 $aForced migration.
999 $aGN 370 .W35 2010 CURRIC$wLC$c1$i0116405816293$lBRICWEED$mBATA$rY$sY$tCURRIC$u4/7/2010$22018-CRIC
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