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. 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 077875183X
• ISBN13: 9780778751830
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Crabtree Classics
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9