Description
| Product ID: | 9781789206210 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Pacific Perspectives: Studies of the European Society for Oceanists |
| Title: | If Everyone Returned, The Island Would Sink |
| Subtitle: | Urbanisation and Migration in Vanuatu |
| Authors: | Author: Kirstie Petrou |
| Page Count: | 214 |
| Subjects: | Migration, immigration and emigration, Migration, immigration & emigration, Population and demography, Population & demography, Vanuatu |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Focusing on the small island of Paama, Vanuatu, and the capital, Port Vila, this book presents a rare and recent study of the ongoing significance of urbanization and internal migration in the Global South. Focusing on the small island of Paama, Vanuatu, and the capital, Port Vila, this book presents a rare and recent study of the ongoing significance of urbanisation and internal migration in the Global South. Based on longitudinal research undertaken in rural ‘home’ places, urban suburbs and informal settlements over thirty years, this book reveals the deep ambivalence of the outcome of migration, and argues that continuity in the fundamental organising principles of cultural life – in this case centred on kinship and an ‘island home’ – is significantly more important for urban and rural lives than the transformative impacts of migration and urbanisation. |
| Imprint Name: | Berghahn Books |
| Publisher Name: | Berghahn Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-02-01 |
