Pushes and Pulls: Why Do People Migrate?

by Robert W. Walker and Robert Walker

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0778751988
• ISBN13: 9780778751984
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Crabtree Classics
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.0" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9