Migrations And Cultures: A World ViewBasic Books, 1996 M03 21 - 528 páginas Most commentators look at the issue of immigration from the viewpoint of immediate politics. In doing so, they focus on only a piece of the issue and lose touch with the larger picture. Now Thomas Sowell offers a sweeping historical and global look at a large number of migrations over a long period of time. Migrations and Cultures: shows the persistence of cultural traits, in particular racial and ethnic groups, and the role these groups' relocations play in redistributing skills, knowledge, and other forms of “human capital.” answers the question: What are the effects of disseminating the patterns of the particular set of skills, attitudes, and lifestyles each ethnic group has carried forth—both for the immigrants and for the host countries, in social as well as economic terms? |
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... indentured laborers often remained after their contracts had expired , even though they were entitled to a free return trip to India . Indian labor was wanted in South Africa , but not an Indian community . At first , Indians were ...
... indentured laborers often remained after their contracts had expired , even though they were entitled to a free return trip to India . Indian labor was wanted in South Africa , but not an Indian community . At first , Indians were ...
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... indentured laborers in Guiana was so notorious that the British colonial government in India refused to allow any more to be shipped there . But with various assu- rances and reforms - variously enforced - the indenture traffic resumed ...
... indentured laborers in Guiana was so notorious that the British colonial government in India refused to allow any more to be shipped there . But with various assu- rances and reforms - variously enforced - the indenture traffic resumed ...
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... indentured Indian labor , such as British Guiana , Trinidad , and Jamaica . The suicide rate was also 15 times as high as in those parts of India from which the indentured laborers came.402 At the end of their indenture contracts , the ...
... indentured Indian labor , such as British Guiana , Trinidad , and Jamaica . The suicide rate was also 15 times as high as in those parts of India from which the indentured laborers came.402 At the end of their indenture contracts , the ...
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MIGRATION PATTERNS | 1 |
GERMANS AROUND THE WORLD | 50 |
JAPANESE AROUND THE WORLD | 105 |
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