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Record Nr.

UNINA9910410059403321

Autore

Dowlah Caf

Titolo

Cross-Border Labor Mobility : Historical and Contemporary Perspectives / / by Caf Dowlah

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-36506-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 334 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

331.62

364

Soggetti

Labor economics

Human rights

Anthropology

Labor

History

Labor Economics

Human Rights

Labor History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Global Human Migration -- 3. Slavery - The Ancient and Medieval Periods -- 4. Slavery in the New World - the Saga of Native Indians -- 5. Slavery in the New World - The Saga of Black Africans -- 6. Indentured Servitude - The Saga of the Indians and the Chinese -- 7. Temporary Cross-Border Mobility Since World War I -- 8. Cross-Border Labor Mobility - Europe -- 9. Cross-Border Labor Mobility - The United States -- 10. Cross-Border Labor Mobility in the Twenty-First Century -- 11. Theoretical Perspectives on Cross-Border Labor Mobility.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents a comprehensive review of cross-border labor mobility from the ancient forms of slavery to the present day. The book covers African and Amerindian slaveries, indentured servitude of the Indians and the Chinese, guestworker programs, and contemporary labor migration focusing on the United States, the European Union, and



the Gulf Region. The book highlights the economics and politics that condition such trends and patterns by addressing growing anti-immigrant sentiments as well as restrictive measures in the developed world and outlining inexorable forces that are likely to propel further expansion of cross-border mobility in the future. This multidisciplinary volume provides a highly dependable scholarly reference to researchers, students, academics as well as policy makers.