SOC312H1 Lecture Notes - Transnationalism
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Figure 9. 3 shows the spread of human beings. Around 1 million years ago there was a large movement of africans. South america was the last part of the world to be infiltrated by migration. Human beings are species on the move these trends are very interesting. Where moving for more basic reasons today. Makes an argument about why we have such huge inequalities in the world. Main kind of migration during this period. 1500-1800 european colonization of the new world. Farmers, administrators and artisans, people to fix shoes/blacksmiths, black creek. Lastly small groups of entrepreneurs, creators of small businesses. Significant wave occurred in the industrial period. Huge thirst for receiving countries to have new migrants to work and populate the land. Giving away land to those who were willing to work the land. A lot of people left northern and southern europe. Between 1800 and 1950 millions of europeans left.
