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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition First Printing. An international team of historians tells the story of our migrations across the globe from prehistory to the present day.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. This traces the movements of peoples from early man to the present time. Major migratory movements are noted, explained and put into their historical contexts by the contributors. Accompanying each section are illustrations, graphs and maps of the migration routes. Not only are maritime migrations, such as those of the Polynesians throughout the South Pacific, considered, but also migrations within countries, such as the depletion of the rural population and growth of urban centres in the United Kingdom in the wake of the Industrial Revolution. Approximately one-third of the book is devoted to migrations of the last 200 years, which arguably have witnessed the greatest movements of humanity in the history, including the settlement of the continent of Australia via convict, free settler and post World War II migrations. /// This is a 1st edition hardback, with its dustjacket in fine condition. (192 pages). This is a heavy book over 1.3kg, so there will be an extra postage charge.…