Migration and disruptions : toward a unifying theory of ancient and contemporary migrations / edited by Brenda J. Baker and Takeyuki Tsuda.

Includes index.

Part I: A conceptual framework. -- Introduction: bridging the past and present in assessing migration / Brenda J. Baker and Takeyuki Tsuda -- Unifying themes in studies of ancient and contemporary migrations / Takeyuki Tsuda, Brenda J. Baker, James F. Eder, Kelly J. Knudson, Jonathan Maupin, Lisa Meierotto, and Rachel E. Scott -- Part II: Past perspectives -- The Anglo-Saxon migration: an archaeological case study of disruption / Catherine Hills -- Religious disruption and the Islamic conquest of Andalucía / Sonia Zakrzewski -- Causes and consequences of migration in epiclassic Northern Mesoamerica / Christopher S. Beekman -- The debated role of migration in the fall of ancient Teotihuacan in central Mexico / George L. Cowgill -- Migration as a response to environmental and political disruption: the middle horizon and late intermediate periods in the south-central Andes / Kelly J. Knudson and Christina Torres-Rouff -- Part III: Modern perspectives -- "Disruption," use wear, and migrant habitus in the Sonoran Desert / Jason De León, Cameron Gokee, and Anna Forringer-Beal -- Environmental disruption as a consequence of human migration: the case of the U.S.-Mexico border / Lisa Meierotto -- Rethinking "causation" and "disruption": the environment-migration nexus in northern Ethiopia / James Morrissey -- Migration and disruption on Palawan Island, the Philippines: a comparison of two cases / James F. Eder -- Unequal in the court of public opinion: Mexican and Asian immigrant disruptions in the United States / Takeyuki Tsuda -- Perceptions of disruption: media representations and medical staffs' perceptions of undocumented immigrants? Impact on healthcare services in post-SB 1070 Arizona / Jonathan Maupin -- Conclusion: migration and disruptions from prehistory to the present / Takeyuki Tsuda and Brenda J. Baker.

In this groundbreaking unifying theory of migration, a group of researchers from various anthropological disciplines attempt to identify the social and environmental disruptions that led to migration, regardless of its temporal space. Never before has such a diverse group of scholars met to identify and codify across time the reasons humans migrate.

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