The next great migration, the beauty and terror of life on the move, Sonia Shah
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The next great migration, the beauty and terror of life on the move, Sonia Shah
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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index present
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non fiction
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The next great migration
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bibliography
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1141031234
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Sonia Shah
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the beauty and terror of life on the move
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The news today is full of stories of dislocated people on the move. Wild species, too, are escaping warming seas and desiccated lands, creeping, swimming, and flying in a mass exodus from their past habitats. News media presents this scrambling of the planet's migration patterns as unprecedented. But the science and history of migration in animals, plants, and humans tell a different story. Far from being a disruptive behavior to be quelled at any cost, migration is an ancient and lifesaving response to environmental change, a biological imperative as necessary as breathing. Tracking the history of misinformation from the 18th century through today's anti-immigration policies, Shah makes the case for a future in which migration is not a source of fear, but of hope. -- adapted from jacket
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