	Site Map \| FAQ in Daily Almanac for Nov 12, 2009 Search White Pages
Skip Navigation Home American Indian Heritage Month Atlas Encyclopedia Dictionary Thesaurus Features Quizzes Timelines Countries Slideshows

Fact Monster Kid's reference,
games, quizzes

Editor's Favorites

migration

migration, of people, geographical movements of individuals or groups for the purpose of permanently resettling.

Sections in this article:

The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

More on migration from Infoplease:

migration: meaning and definitions - migration: Definition and Pronunciation
migrate: meaning and definitions - migrate: Definition and Pronunciation
in-migrate: meaning and definitions - in-migrate: Definition and Pronunciation
out-migrate: meaning and definitions - out-migrate: Definition and Pronunciation
Bats - Spotlight on Bats Mysterious Mammals on the Fly Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Bats may be ...

See more Encyclopedia articles on: Sociology: General Terms and Concepts

Premium Partner Content

HighBeam Research

Related content from HighBeam Research on: migration

Migration determinants and employment consequences of White and Black families, 1985-1990 (Economic Geography)

Migration in Namibia: Combining macro and micro approaches to research design and analysis (The International Migration Review)

Migration Theories and First Nations Mobility: Towards a Systems Perspective* (The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology)

Migration and marriage among Puerto Rican women (The International Migration Review)

Migrations of ethnic unmixing in the "New Europe" (The International Migration Review)

Migrations in Central and Eastern Europe (The International Migration Review)

Migration and restructuring in Post-Soviet Russia. (Demokratizatsiya)

Migration in a socialist transitional economy: Heterogeneity, socioeconomic and spatial characteristics of migrants in China and Guangdong Province (The International Migration Review)

Migration and Colonization in Human Microevolution (Human Biology)

Migration and livelihoods in historical perspective: A case study of Bihar, India.(Brief Article) (Journal of Development Studies)

Additional search results provided by HighBeam Research, LLC. © Copyright 2005. All rights reserved.

Infoplease Tools