Move : how mass migration will reshape the world - and what it means for you /
by Khanna, Parag.
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BookPublisher: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2021Description: 384 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781474620833 (hbk.) :; 1474620833 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 304.8 KHASubject(s): Emigration and immigration law | Civilization -- Forecasting | Society | Society | Migration, immigration & emigration | Sociology & anthropology | Geopolitics | Human geography | Climate changeSummary: In the 60,000 years since people began colonising the continents, a recurring feature of human civilisation has been mobility - the ever-constant search for resources and stability. Seismic global events - wars and genocides, pandemics and plagues - have only accelerated the process. The map of humanity isn't settled, not now, not ever. As climate change tips toward full-blown crisis, economies collapse, governments destabilise and technology disrupts, we're entering a new age of mass migrations - one that will scatter not just the dispossessed but all of us. Parag Khanna provides an illuminating and authoritative vision of the next phase of human civilization - one that is both mobile and sustainable.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Southport Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 304.8 KHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003100603X |
In the 60,000 years since people began colonising the continents, a recurring feature of human civilisation has been mobility - the ever-constant search for resources and stability. Seismic global events - wars and genocides, pandemics and plagues - have only accelerated the process. The map of humanity isn't settled, not now, not ever. As climate change tips toward full-blown crisis, economies collapse, governments destabilise and technology disrupts, we're entering a new age of mass migrations - one that will scatter not just the dispossessed but all of us. Parag Khanna provides an illuminating and authoritative vision of the next phase of human civilization - one that is both mobile and sustainable.
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