Walker - 1967 - A geography of Italy

PART iv: E C O N O M I C G E O G R A P H Y
internal redistribution o f population on the scale they are now experiencing is
something quite unprecedented. Among the tortuous currents o f migration
certain main trends may be identified. Firstly, there is throughout the whole
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country a powerful drift from the rural areas, particularly among young people;
it is motivated in part by the attraction o f the city with its promise o f higher
wages, regular hours and a ‘fuller’ life, and in part by a profound disillusionment
with the land and all its associations; it is not only the poor and landless who are
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