SOCI 212 Chapter Notes - Chapter Massey Reading: Immigration, Globalism, Microeconomics
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Massey notes: worlds in motion understanding international migration at the end of the. Industrial period (1800-1925): people left europe to create new lives in america and oceania: 85% of people went to certain places which were argentina, australia, Canada, new zealand and the usa: limited migration (1920"s-1930"s): because of wwi and the great depression, post-industrial migration (1960"s ): global migration increased less immigrants just from europe and more from third world countries. A new look at an old phenomenon: most theories pertaining to immigration were developed in the industrial period. Gulf region and the southern cone of south america: the countries with inhabitants who want to migrate from these places are often from the southern regions and are poor. It is expensive and difficult to emigrate from a country and immigrate somewhere else this had become less of an issue in the present day because of improved transportation and technologies.