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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... land , in small portions each , for their own use . Other European immigrant groups as well expanded beyond the land granted in their original colonies.278 By the early twentieth century , there were few huge estates left in the ...
... land , in small portions each , for their own use . Other European immigrant groups as well expanded beyond the land granted in their original colonies.278 By the early twentieth century , there were few huge estates left in the ...
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... Land Laws , which made it illegal for “ aliens ineligible for citizenship ” ( Asians ) to own land in California , where most mainland Japanese lived . Similar laws were passed in other states . " A variety of evasions developed ...
... Land Laws , which made it illegal for “ aliens ineligible for citizenship ” ( Asians ) to own land in California , where most mainland Japanese lived . Similar laws were passed in other states . " A variety of evasions developed ...
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... land , they were usually not farmers living on farms or leading a rural life . Rather , they were generally village and town dwellers , who were either employed on the land by others or who were sharecroppers . Those who owned land ...
... land , they were usually not farmers living on farms or leading a rural life . Rather , they were generally village and town dwellers , who were either employed on the land by others or who were sharecroppers . Those who owned land ...
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MIGRATION PATTERNS | 1 |
GERMANS AROUND THE WORLD | 50 |
JAPANESE AROUND THE WORLD | 105 |
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