| Description |
1 online resource |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"This book introduces readers to the age of intra-African migration, a period from the mid-19th century onwards in which the centre of gravity of African migration moved decisively inwards. Most books tend to zoom in on Africa's external migration during the earlier intercontinental slave trade and the more recent outmigration to the global north, but this book argues that migration within the continent has been far more central to the lives of Africans over the course of the last two centuries. The book demonstrates that only by taking a broad historical and continent-wide perspective can we understand the distinctions between the more immediate drivers of migration and deeper patterns of change over time. During the 19th century Africa's external slave trades gradually declined, whilst Africa's expanding commodity export sectors drew in domestic labour. This led to an era of heightened mobility within the region, marked by rapidly rising and vanishing migratory flows, increasingly diversified landscapes of migration systems, and profound long-term shifts in the wider patterns of migration. This era of inward-focussed mobility reduced with a resurgence of outmigration after 1970, when Africans became more deliberately in search of extra-continental destinations, with new diaspora communities emerging specifically in the global North. Broad ranging in its temporal, spatial and thematic coverage, this book provides students and researchers with the perfect introduction to the age of Intra-African migration"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed April 27, 2022). |
| Biography |
Michiel de Haas is an assistant professor at the Rural and Environmental History Group at Wageningen University. Ewout Frankema is Professor and Chair ofRural and Environmental History at Wageningen University. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Global History and research fellow of the UK Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). |
| Local Note |
Taylor & Francis Taylor & Francis eBooks: Open Access |
| Subject |
Migration, Internal -- Africa.
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Africa -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
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Emigration and immigration. (OCoLC)fst00908690
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Migration, Internal. (OCoLC)fst01020741
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Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239509
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration.
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Haas, Michiel de, editor.
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Frankema, Ewout, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Migration in Africa New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 9781032125299 (DLC) 2021049486 |
| ISBN |
9781003225027 electronic book |
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1003225020 electronic book |
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9781000563290 electronic book electronic book |
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1000563294 electronic book electronic book |
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9781000563320 electronic book EPUB |
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1000563324 electronic book EPUB |
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9781032125299 hardcover |
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9781032125244 paperback |
| Standard No. |
10.4324/9781003225027 doi |
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