Children's Nonfiction Emigration & Immigration
Changing Cultural Landscapes: How are people and their communities affected by migration and settlement?
- Publisher
- Crabtree Publishing Company
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2010
- Category
- Emigration & Immigration, Sociology, General
- Recommended Age
- 10 to 14
- Recommended Grade
- 6
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780778791300
- Publish Date
- Mar 2010
- List Price
- $26.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780778751939
- Publish Date
- Jan 2010
- List Price
- $11.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780778751786
- Publish Date
- Jan 2010
- List Price
- $26.95
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Description
Culture gives humans a sense of identity. This title examines how cultures around the world mix and change in response to migration and settlement. This fascinating book examines examples from history including: the slave trade and the impact of African culture on North America and then the world; the forcing of Native Americans to adopt European culture; and the cultural interchange between the British Empire and India.
About the author
Marina Cohen is an elementary school teacher in the York Region District School Board. She has been nominated for the Sunburst, Red Maple Award, Rocky Mountain Book Award, and Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, and been an OLA Best Bet, JGL selection, and Amazon Book of the Month. She is the author of Chasing the White Witch, Ghost Ride, and Mind Gap. She lives in Markham, Ontario.
Librarian Reviews
Changing Cultural Landscapes: How Are People and Their Communities Affected by Migration and Settlement? (Investigating Human Migration and Settlement)
Culture gives humans a sense of identity. This title examines how cultures around the world mix and change in response to migration and settlement. Topics examined in this book include culture and identity; cultural superiority; cultural coercion; preservation, protection and isolation; integration and assimilation; and fusion. Differing points of view are presented that provide excellent opportunities for discussion with children.Source: The Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Best Books for Kids & Teens. 2011.
