In this Book
- Migrants and Migration in Modern North America: Cross-Border Lives, Labor Markets, and Politics
- 2011
- Book
- Published by: Duke University Press
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summary
Presenting an unprecedented, integrated view of migration in North America, this interdisciplinary collection of essays illuminates the movements of people within and between Canada, the Caribbean, Mexico, and the United States over the past two centuries. Several essays discuss recent migrations from Central America as well. In the introduction, Dirk Hoerder provides a sweeping historical overview of North American societies in the Atlantic world. He also develops and advocates what he and Nora Faires call “transcultural societal studies,” an interdisciplinary approach to migration studies that combines migration research across disciplines and at the local, regional, national, and transnational levels. The contributors examine the movements of diverse populations across North America in relation to changing cultural, political, and economic patterns.
Table of Contents
- List of Maps
- pp. xi-xii
- Part I: Intersocietal Migrations
- Part II: Connecting Borderlands, Littorals, and Regions
- Part III: Complicating Narratives
- 13. The Black Experience in Canada Revisited
- pp. 297-312
- Part IV: Contemporary and Applied Perspectives
- About the Contributors
- pp. 399-400
Additional Information
ISBN
9780822394419
Related ISBN
9780822350347
MARC Record
OCLC
1103680167
Pages
456
Launched on MUSE
2019-06-24
Language
English
Open Access
Yes