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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: For a long time, people failed to truly grasp that nature is always on the move.
Chapter 3: Carl Linnaeus entrenched racist ideas about human origins worldwide.
Chapter 4: In the U.S., two eugenicists promoted a racist, anti-immigration ideology.
Chapter 5: Anti-immigration sentiment also targeted nature.
Chapter 6: Malthusian fears of overpopulation fueled nativism and grave human rights abuses.
Chapter 7: DNA shows humans are closely related and have always been natural migrants.
Chapter 8: The refugee crisis sparked a reactionary backlash built on lies and exaggeration.
Chapter 9: Migration, for nature and humanity alike, can and should be made safe.
Description
The Next Great Migration (2020) reveals how humans have always moved across oceans and continents, just like any other migratory species on Earth. Sonia Shah upends the notion that we’ve ever been a stationary species. She also demonstrates how racist and xenophobic belief systems have led us to erect artificial borders and walls.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone interested in the history, present, and future of migration
- Campaigners against racism and discriminatory borders
- Ecologists, biologists, and naturalists looking for a more holistic view of the world