The 20th Century and Beyond
The 20th century saw huge population movements. Some involved large-scale transfers of people by government action. Some migrations occurred to avoid conflict and warfare. Other diasporas were created as a consequence of political decisions, such as the end of colonialism.
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“Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him.”
—18th century English proverb, collected in Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia (1732)