'A dazzlingly original picture of our relentlessly mobile species'
NAOMI KLEIN 'Fascinating . . . Likely to prove prophetic in the coming
months and years' OBSERVER 'A dazzling tour through 300 years of
scientific history' PROSPECT 'A hugely entertaining, life-affirming
and hopeful hymn to the glorious adaptability of life on earth'
SCOTSMAN __________________ We are surrounded by stories of people on
the move. Wild species, too, are escaping warming seas and desiccated
lands in a mass exodus. Politicians and the media present this
upheaval of migration patterns as unprecedented, blaming it for the
spread of disease and conflict, and spreading anxiety across the world
as a result. But the science and history of migration in animals,
plants, and humans tell a different story. Far from being a disruptive
behaviour, migration is an ancient and lifesaving response to
environmental change, a biological imperative as necessary as
breathing. Climate changes triggered the first human migrations out of
Africa. Falling sea levels allowed our passage across the Bering Sea.
Unhampered by borders, migration allowed our ancestors to people the
planet, into the highest reaches of the Himalayan Mountains and the
most remote islands of the Pacific, disseminating the biological,
cultural and social diversity that ecosystems and societies depend
upon. In other words, migration is not the crisis – it is the
solution. __________________ Tracking the history of misinformation
from the 18th century through to today's anti-immigration policies,
The Next Great Migration makes the case for a future in which
migration is not a source of fear, but of hope.
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ISBN
9781526629210
Publisert
2020
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Vendor
Bloomsbury Publishing
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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