Migrants
The Story of Us All
$42.60
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
27 May 2024
Summary
Humans are, in fundamental ways, a migratory species, more so than any other land mammal. For most of our existence, we were all nomads, and some of us still are. Houses and permanent settlements are a relatively late development – dating back little more than twelve thousand years. Borders and passports are much more recent.
From the Neanderthals, Alexander the Great, Christopher Columbus and Pocahontas to the African slave trade, Fu Manchu, and Barack Obama, Migrants shows …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349144443 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349144443 |
| Author: | Sam Miller |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 27 May 2024 |
| Weight: | 350g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 36mm |
| Series: | Dilly's Story |
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Critics Review
Timely and empathetic: a rare combination on this most controversial issue * Remi Adekoya, author of Biracial Britain *Tremendous: blends the personal and the panoramic to great effect, reminding us - in narrating epic migration stories from Aeneas to the Windrush - that the human urge to move about in search of a better life is as old and natural as time itself * Robert Winder, author of Bloody Foreigners: The Story of Immigration to Britain *Fascinating… Miller’s perspective may be just what we need * Daily Telegraph *Enjoyable, provocative and timely * Spectator *Migrants is an important contribution to the topic of human migration… thoughtful… Miller’s book offers a whole new way of seeing the world * Financial Times *
About The Author
Sam Miller
Sam Miller was born and brought up in London, but has spent much of his adult life in India. He is a former BBC journalist and is the author of Delhi: Adventures in a Megacity (2009), Blue Guide: India (2012) and A Strange Kind of Paradise: India Through Foreign Eyes (2014). He is also the translator of The Marvellous (But Authentic) Adventures of Captain Corcoran (2016) by Alfred Assollant.
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