Wanderings of Peoples

Informationen zum Autor Alfred Cort Haddon (1855-1940) was one of Britain's most important anthropologists and ethnologists. He founded the school of anthropology at the University of Cambridge and served as president of the following organizations: Section H (Anthropology) in the British Association meetings of 1902 and 1905; the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland; the Folk Lore Society; and the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. He was also an elected Fellow of the Royal Society. Apart from his numerous books, Haddon also contributed several articles to the Encyclopædia Britannica, the Dictionary of National Biography, and Hastings's Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics. Klappentext This 1912 volume contains a survey of the trends in human migration, offering information on their main causes and effects. Zusammenfassung The Wanderings of Peoples by Alfred Cort Haddon was first published in 1911 as part of the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature series and reissued as this corrected edition in 1912. It contains a survey of the trends in human migration! offering information on their main causes and effects. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Asia and Oceania; 3. Europe; 4. Africa; 5. America; 6. North America; 7. Mexico and Central America; 8. South America; Index; Maps.

Product details

• Authors: A. C. Haddon, Haddon A. C.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.03.2012
• EAN: 9781107605862
• ISBN: 978-1-107-60586-2
• No. of pages: 134
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples