internal migration

Looks at the struggles of the Karen people of Southeast Asia, particularly their displacement as a result of actions by the Burmese military.

Includes extended coverage of Jewish diaspora patterns; the history and nature of several others including the Irish, Chinese, and African; contributions of early diasporas to globalization; and the changing attitudes of host states and populations.

Discusses the vast migration of African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North.

In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America.

Traces how the peoples of India and Pakistan have migrated worldwide.

Chronicles the experiences of the more than one million people who traveled to California to find better opportunities during the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and the war boom of the 1940s.

Tells of the movement of Hispanic Americans from farms to cities during the 20th century.

Provides identity to those who have been participants in African American diaspora, and examines the issues of urban disintegration and rural poverty.

A four-hundred-year history of the African-American experience traces four pivotal migrations, including the violent relocation of one million slaves to the antebellum South and the movement of millions to industrial cities a century later.