Martin HowardA World Full of Journeys and Migrations
The Movement of People and Ideas!
Illustrator: Corr, Christopher
Christopher Corr is an established author/illustrator whose many books have won him international acclaim. He studied at the Royal College of Art, and now lives and works in London as an artist and tutor at Goldsmiths University. Martin Howard is the author of many titles for both adults and children, including the hugely successful Bad Dog’s Diary series and The Wickedest Witch. He lives in France with his family.
Introduction
Why We Move
The First Journeys
Migration of Modern Humans
The First Storytellers
A World of Music and Dance
Food, Glorious Food
AFRICA
The River Nile and the Ancient Egyptians
Africa’s Shopkeepers
The Nomads of Africa
Europeans in Africa
Divided South Africa
ASIA
Alexander The Great
Ashoka and the Spread of Buddhism
The Silk Road
The Journey of Marco Polo
The British in India
The Hippie Trail
Factories and Immigration
OCEANIA
Finding Australia
Populating the South Seas Islands
The Voyage of the Kon-Tiki
Australia’s New Arrivals
EUROPE
Roman Europe
The Viking Age
Never Stop Traveling
The First Refugees
Spreading Roots
The Story of Brick Lane
The Kindertransport
The Windrush Generation
A World of Food
The Americas
The First Americans
A Whole New World
Europeans in America
American Language
Slavery in America
The Underground Railroad
African American Music
The West
Chinatown
Give Me Your Poor
America’s New People
Ghettos
The Movement of Ideas
The World and Beyond
Great Journeys of the Animal World
The Trouble with Humans
The Journeys of Diseases
Strange Migrations
The Unexpected Consequences of Travel
Today’s Journeys
Climate Change Migration
The Next Great Human Journey
No Immigration
The Endless Journey
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