Overview
Immigration and Migration: In Context provides students with key data to understand the roots of the issues that make contemporary migration and immigration so contentious around the globe. The set explores the social, political, and cultural factors that impact, and are affected by, immigration and human migration. Each entry will contain a brief introduction to the topic, an overview of the historical background, and a discussion of the impact and issues surrounding the topic. The subject is covered from a global perspective. The set includes such hot-button topics as undocumented immigration/unauthorized residents, asylum seekers, refugees, the refugee crisis in Europe, and more. The set includes primary sources, sidebars, photos, and illustrations. The work provides students with evidence to enhance and support discussions around the ethics, economics, impacts, and benefits of human migration.
Features & Benefits
- 158 entries, between 1,500 and 3,000 words each
- About 50 primary sources and 60 sidebars that enhance knowledge of the subject or a related topic
- 200 photos (most in color but some historical b/w images), illustrations, graphs, etc., to highlight the text
- Abundant cross-references to help readers make connections between entries
- A glossary of terms (compiled from the entry-specific Words to Know lists)
- A chronology of events, general bibliography, and list of organizations
- A general subject index offering access to places, subjects, titles, and proper names mentioned in the text
- Supports ELA standards for history and social studies, NCSS standards for Civics, Economics, Geography (Human Population: Spatial Patterns and Movements
- Global Interconnections: Changing Spatial Patterns), and History: Change, Continuity, and Context
