Books by Gungwu Wang

This book provides a rich, cross-cultural foundation for a more enlightened understanding of migration and its role in the unfolding shape of global history. It juxtaposes the global and the regional in illuminating ways and offers an analysis of the migration crisis position today.

"Humans have been on the move for millennia, but in modern times migration has accelerated to truly global proportions. The second volume of the Global History series, this book explores the historical"

The Chinese overseas now number 25 to 30 million, yet the 2,000-year history of the Chinese's attempts to venture abroad and the underlying values affecting that migration have never before been presented in a broad overview. In pursuing this story, international scholar Wang Gungwu uncovers some major themes of global history.