Prior, Katherine

Tells why people chose to leave their familes to move far from home.

Examines how UNICEF works to improve the lives of children all over the world, enabling them to develop to their full potential.

Discusses workers' rights as outlined by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Focuses on this one area of human rights, and considers how employee rights have been established, and how they work, or are overlooked, in societies around the world.

Introduces the custom of pilgrimage as it is practiced in six of the world's major religions and discusses some of the rituals and places associated with these religious journeys.

Discusses the ceremonies of six major religions through which young people become adult members of these faiths.

Examines the reasons why people emigrated from Italy, looks at the conditions the Italian people found in their new homes in North and South America, and discusses the lasting influence of their cultural heritage.

Discusses the history of Ireland, focusing on the various reasons for the large number of emigrants that left the country particularly beginning in the nineteenth century.

A discussion of the Indian subcontinent and the emigration of its inhabitants to other countries.

Presents a history of emigration from China and Southeast Asia while also detailing accounts of the migrants' experiences and emphasizing their positive input in their new countries.