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30 - Mobility, Transport, and Communication Technologies

from Part IX - Technologies of Migration and Communication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 May 2023

By
Colin G. Pooley
Edited by
Marcelo J. Borges  and
Madeline Y. Hsu
Marcelo J. Borges
Affiliation:
Dickinson College, Pennsylvania
Madeline Y. Hsu
Affiliation:
University of Texas, Austin
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Summary

Volume 2 of The Cambridge History of Global Migrations presents an authoritative overview of the various continuities and changes in migration and globalization from the 1800s to the present day. Despite revolutionary changes in communication technologies, the growing accessibility of long-distance travel, and globalization across major economies, the rise of nation-states empowered immigration regulation and bureaucratic capacities for enforcement that curtailed migration. One major theme worldwide across the post-1800 centuries was the differentiation between “skilled” and “unskilled” workers, often considered through a racialized lens; it emerged as the primary divide between greater rights of immigration and citizenship for the former, and confinement to temporary or unauthorized migrant status for the latter. Through thirty-one chapters, this volume further evaluates the long global history of migration; and it shows that despite the increased disciplinary systems, the primacy of migration remains and continues to shape political, economic, and social landscapes around the world.

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Migration; MobilityTransportCommunicationsAgeGenderClassScaleEnvironmentTechnologies
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The Cambridge History of Global Migrations , pp. 623 - 640
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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Further Reading

Amrith, Sunil S. Crossing the Bay of Bengal: The Furies of Nature and the Fortunes of Migrants, 1st ed. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2013.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Divall, Colin. “Mobilities and Transport History,” in The Routledge Handbook of Mobilities, ed. Adey, Peter, Bissell, David, Hannam, Kevin, Merriman, Peter, and Sheller, Mimi, 36–44. Abingdon: Routledge, 2013.Google Scholar
Emanuel, Martin, Schipper, Frank and Oldenziel, Ruth, eds. A U-Turn to the Future: Sustainable Urban Mobility since 1850. New York: Berghahn, 2020.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hickman, Robin and Banister, David. Transport, Climate Change and the City. London: Routledge, 2014.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hoerder, Dirk and Moch, Leslie Page, eds. European Migrants: Global and Local Perspectives. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1996.Google Scholar
Hugill, Peter J. Global Communications since 1844: Geopolitics and Technology. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Manning, Patrick and Trimmer, Tiffany. Migration in World History. London: Routledge, 2020.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Niblett, Matthew and Beuret, Kris, eds. Why Travel? Understanding Our Need to Move and How It Shapes Our Lives. Bristol: Bristol University Press, 2021.Google Scholar
Pooley, Colin G. Mobility, Migration and Transport: Historical Perspectives. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Urry, John and Grieco, Margaret, eds. Mobilities: New Perspectives on Transport and Society. London: Routledge, 2016.Google Scholar

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