Immigration & Emigration - General & Miscellaneous, Human Geography - Population Geography, Anthropology - General & Miscellaneous, Demography - General & Miscellaneous, Physical Anthropology
From the spread of Homo sapiens onward, migration has been a major factor in human development. This wide-ranging survey traces the connections brought about between regions by the movements of people, diseases, crops, technology, and ideas.
About the Author, Patrick Manning
Patrick Manning is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of World History at the University of Pittsburgh, where he is Director of the World History Center and Director of the Center for Historical Information and Analysis. He is the author of The African Diaspora: A History through Culture (2009) and Navigating World History: Historians Create a Global Past (2003). His research includes African population and migration, 1650-1950, and an interdisciplinary history of early humanity.
