The World In Motion Analysis

Esther Kang
History
History 011
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The Complex Nature of the World in Motion
Human beings are in constant search for sources that can provide them with adequate resources to meet their basic needs. The desire to get an adequate supply of resources has made people move from one location to another. However, people’s needs are complex and differ. This observation makes it difficult to have a specific factor to attribute human movement from one area to another. Bailyn asserts that the human world can best be described as the world in motion. In this type of world, its inhabitants are always on the move with the purpose of satisfying their desires. Bailyn's arguments on the cause of this motion particularly in the early days before
According to Pine, contemporary migration trends emerge from uncertainties on economic stability. In fact, the current generation has attached more value on economic affairs than social and family attachments. This strong affiliation to fiscal cases has made them believe that people always move in search of better-paying jobs or minimal labor competition. Even so, Barkan and Bailyn indicate that the motion of people from one region to another cannot be restricted only to economic factors. I remember one of my friends explaining to me his frustration after his father decided to relocate their family. He had left a well-paying job for an average one. This narration challenged my understanding of human movement. However, after reading Bailyn’s book, I realized the complex nature of human movement. Despite the disparity in time between the American Revolution era and the modern society, the complex nature of human movement has never changed. Maybe my friend’s father was concerned about the rapidly increasing population, or security in the area. Also, the move could have been prompted by the desire to live in a new
In this argument, Koser and Martin agree that different interrelated factors cause individuals to move from one locality to another. For instance, increase in population has direct or indirect effects on the economy and social practices of an area. Due to this inter-connection between motion causes, Koser and Martin conclude that grouping human motion based on specific attributes is only applicable when separating a stream of immigrants or emigrants in place and literature (20). These scholars’ conclusion is what Bailyn strives to address in his propositions on human movement. In fact, it summarizes his deliberation that there is no definite way of defining a human movement. Even the reasons the people outline as the primary causes of migration if evaluated carefully cannot make individuals move from one region to the