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Informationen zum Autor Sunil S. Amrith is Senior Lecturer in History at Birkbeck College, University of London. Dr Amrith is the author of Decolonizing International Health: India and Southeast Asia, 1930-65 (2006), and his articles have been published in numerous journals, such as The American Historical Review and Past and Present. Klappentext Traces the history of modern migration against the background of empires! their dissolution and the onset of modernity. Zusammenfassung Migration is at the heart of Asian history! and over the last 150 years! migration within Asia and beyond has been greater than at any other time in history. This engaging and informative book crosses a vast terrain! from the Middle East to India and China! tracing modern migration. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Asia's great migrations, 1850-1930; 2. The making of Asian diasporas, 1850-1930; 3. War, revolution, and refugees, 1930-1950; 4. Migration, development, and the Asian city, 1950-1970; 5. Asian migrants in the age of globalization, 1970-2010.
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Sunil S. Amrith is Senior Lecturer in History at Birkbeck College, University of London. Dr Amrith is the author of Decolonizing International Health: India and Southeast Asia, 1930–65 (2006), and his articles have been published in numerous journals, such as The American Historical Review and Past and Present.
