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Book SynopsisThe story of Giannis Antetokounmpo’s extraordinary rise from poverty in Athens, Greece, to superstardom in America with the Milwaukee Bucks—becoming one of the most transcendent players in history and an NBA Champion—from award-winning basketball reporter and feature writer at The Ringer Mirin Fader.   As the face of the NBA’s new world order, Giannis Antetokounmpo has overcome unfathomable obstacles to become a symbol of hope for people all over the world; the personification of the American Dream. But his backstory remains largely untold. Fader unearths new information about the childhood that shaped “The Greek Freak”—from sleeping side by side with his brothers to selling trinkets on the street with his family to the racism he experienced. Antetokounmpo grew up in an era when Golden Dawn, Greece’s far-right, anti-immigrant party, patrolled his neighborhood, and his status as an illegal immigrant largel

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Book SynopsisWomen and the Irish Diaspora looks at the changing nature of national and cultural belonging both among women who have left Ireland and those who remain. It identifies new ways of thinking about Irish modernity by looking specifically at women''s lives and their experiences of migration and diaspora. Based on original research with Irish women both in Ireland and in England, this book explores how questions of mobility and stasis are recast along gender, class, racial and generational lines. Through analyses of representations of ''the strong Irish mother'', migrant women, ''the global Irish family'' and celebrity culture, Breda Gray further unravels some of the complex relationships between femininity and Irish modernity(ies).Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Migration and Irish women The categories 'women', 'the Irish diaspora' and 'the global' 'The Irish Atlantic' and 'the Irish Sea' Researching women and the Irish diaspora - journeys and encounters 1. 'Women', the Diaspora and Irish Modernity(ies) The Irish game of sexuality in 'controlled' and 'globalised' modernities Emigration and the Irish diaspora in the 1990s Migration, diaspora and the work of nation Mary Robinson and the Irish diaspora The limits of diasporic belonging Conclusion 2. 'Keeping Up Appearances' and the Contested Category 'Irish Women' Irish femininities in the 1990s Feminists, women in paid-work and 'women in the home' Icons of Irish femininity - negotiating contradictory legacies Conclusion 3. 'We Haven't Really Got a Set Country' - Global Mobilities and Irish Traveller Women Irish Traveller mobilities and national belonging Telling 'the difference' - the ideology of domesticity and Traveller women Contested histories and multicultural belonging(s) Inhabiting Irish identity as Traveller women in England Conclusion 4. 'The Bright and the Beautiful Take Off ' Gendered Negotiations of Staying and Going Resistance, choice, agency and staying-put Impermissible narratives of migration and belonging 'Suspect' belongings - migrant relationships to the 'homeland' Conclusion 5. 'Are We Here Or Are We There?' - Migrant Irish Identity in 1990s London Class, generation, 'homeland' and Irish identity in London Irish migrant femininities in London Women's transnational lives - hybrid or divided selves? 'Peg' communities and multicultural London Religion and London-Irish identity Conclusion 6. 'The Irish Are Not "Ethnic" - 'Whiteness', Femininities and Migration Whitely scripts Citizenship and migration in proximity Cultural exclusion and racial inclusion A transnational 'white' Irishness? Conclusion 7. Women, the Diaspora and the 'Global Irish Family' - Feminist Contentions The 'global Irish family' Blurring the migrant/non-migrant dichotomy Conclusion References Appendices Index

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Book SynopsisThe U.S.-Mexico and U.S.-Canada borders are the two busiest land crossings in the world. Canada and the United States are each other''s largest trading partners and Mexico is America''s second largest trading partner with trade between the two nations more than tripling since the start of NAFTA. The many immediate ripple effects of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon included a dramatic tightening of North American border controls and a hardening of the policy discourse about cross-border flows. This is the first book that explores the implications of September 11th and the new war on terrorism for border controls, cross-border relations, and economic integration in North America. The volume makes a unique contribution to important scholarly and policy discussions over the meaning and management of borders in an increasingly borderless (regional and global) economy, and adds fuel to broader debates over the changing nature of borders and territorial politTrade Review"[The] first serious attempt to examine how 9-11 has affected bilateral and trilateral North American relations. It brings together the most important North American security analysts. It provides thoughtful reflections now that the dust has settled which will appeal to decision-makers, academics and the interested citizen alike. It is a must read for anyone keenly concerned with the future of North American cooperation." -- Rafael Fernandez de Castro, Head of the Department of International Studies, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico"Smart, timely, informative, and practical-The Reborderingof North America addresses comparatively and systematically the rebirth of a border between the United States and Canada and the transformation of the border between the United States and Mexico. This distinguished team of authors thinks hard and well about the people and goods that crisscross these borders legally and illegally in very large numbers, about the shared interest in prosperity and, alas, crime, and about the construction of one North America amidst both discord and cooperation." -- Jorge I. Domínguez, Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Harvard University"The continentalization of the North American economy seemed all but inevitable until September 11th made "border security" a higher priority. With insight and breadth of knowledge, this book describes the implications of the new world of counter-terrorism on Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Andreas, Biersteker, and their colleagues have made a magnificent contribution explaining the trade-offs between border control and interdependence, sovereignty and collaboration, and security and human rights." -- Robert A. Pastor , Director, Center for North American Studies and Vice President of International Affairs, American University"Andreas, Biersteker and their international colleagues have produced the first book to evaluate the impact of the September 11 attacks on North American border definitions and controls, security concepts and constructs. International security, domestic politics and economic integration pull policy in contradictory directions. This volume contributes greatly to sorting out the issues, illuminating policy choices and building theory for a new era." -- Abraham F. Lowenthal, Professor of International Relations, University of Southern California and President, Pacific Council on International Policy"The Rebordering of North America astutely observes that in the present precarious context, Canada and Mexico are like two scared mice next to a neurotic elephant. The contributors explore several provocative options, both for the mice and the elephant, and make us think hard, in fresh ways. A must read for anyone interested in North America as a work in progress." -- Janice Gross Stein, Director, Munk Centre for International Studies, University of TorontoTable of Contents1. A Tale of Two Borders: The U.S.-Canada and U.S.-Mexico Lines After 9-11, Peter Andreas 2. Trading Places: Canada, Mexico, and the North American Security, Athanasios Hristoulas 3. Bordering on the Impossible: U.S.-Mexico Security Relations after 9-11, Mónica Serrano 4. The View from the Attic: Toward a Gated Continental Community?, Stephen Clarkson 5. Canada in a New North America, Louis W. Pauly 6. The False Conundrum: Continental Integration vs. Homeland Security, Stephen E. Flynn 7. Whither NAFTA: A Common Frontier?, Gary Hufbauer and Gustavo Vega-Cánovas 8. The Rebordering of North America? Implications for Conceptualizing Borders after September 11, Thomas J. Biersteker

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Book SynopsisGender, Religion and Migration is the first multidisciplinary collection on the intersection of gender and religion in the integration of different groups of immigrants, migrant workers, youths, and students in host societies in Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America. It investigates the linkages and tensions between religion and integration from a gendered perspective. By examining the contemporary significance of religion in the context of global migrations, the fifteen research-based essays provide new insights and perspectives on the often missed link between the differing ways in which male and female immigrants find meanings of faith-beliefs and religious traditions to belong in foreign lands, even residents'' faith-based activism involving illegal migrants. While religion provides mechanisms for negotiating immigrant life in the host countries, it also inhibits integration of immigrants especially in countries where the majority religion is different. This dual phenomenon of religion promoting and inhibiting integration is critically examined in the lives of Filipinos, Brazilians, Indians, Polish, Mexicans, Vietnamese, Kenyans, Nigerians, and Middle Eastern peoples. The book also engages various theories on gender, religion and migration and demonstrates the fluidity of gender construction as people cross borders.Trade ReviewThis edited volume makes a major intervention into the field of migration studies by charting new ground through the vectors of gender and religion. The editors have skillfully managed to arrange provocative essays that cut across multiple disciplines, geographical sites, research methodologies, and religious orientations. A major facet of this critical work is the way it gives significant space to the gendered realities of both women and men. All together, it promises to alter forever the way we think about migratory processes and the religiously gendered lives of those who dare to move. -- Zain Abdullah, Author of Black Mecca: The African Muslims of Harlem (Oxford University Press)An excellent collection of complex, nuanced, and deeply informative research on how religion intersects with gender and shapes migration. The editors and authors have successfully produced an extremely cohesive and consequently insightful body of work! -- Sara R. Curran, University of WashingtonFor those who are looking for empirically grounded studies into the genderization of immigrant religiosity, this book is a true treasure trove. * Religion and Gender *Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Part 2 Asia-Pacific Chapter 3 Chapter 2. It Cuts Both Ways: Religion and Filipina Domestic Workers in Hong Kong Chapter 4 Chapter 3. Faith(ing) Japan: Japanese Brazilian Migrants and the Roman Catholic Church Chapter 5 Chapter 4. On Being Part of the Whole: Positioning the Value of Muslim Men in Sydney Chapter 6 Chapter 5. Praying for Food: Class and Indian Overseas Students in Australia Part 7 Europe Chapter 8 Chapter 6. Islam as a New Urban Identity? Young Female Muslims Creating a Religious Youth Culture in Berlin Chapter 9 Chapter 7. Female Believers on the Move: Vietnamese Pentecostal Networks in Germany Chapter 10 Chapter 8. Islam: A Dead End for Integration of Female Immigrants in Denmark? Chapter 11 Chapter 9. Muslim Immigrants in France: Religious Markets and New Mechanisms of Integration Part 12 Latin America Chapter 13 Chapter 10. Muslim Women in Brazil: Notes on Religion and Integration Part 14 North America Chapter 15 Chapter 11. Polish-Catholic Religiosity in California Chapter 16 Chapter 12. Acculturation of Kenyan Immigrants in the United States: Religious Service Attendance and Transnational Ties Chapter 17 Chapter 13. Ethno-Religious Power: Yoruba Immigrant Women in the United States Chapter 18 Chapter 14. New Guadalupanos: Mexican Immigrants, a Grassroots Organization, and a Pilgrimage to New York Chapter 19 Chapter 15. Building Communities through Faith: Filipino Catholics in Philidelphia and Alberta Chapter 20 Chapter 16. No Greater Law: Illegal Immigration and Faith-based Activism

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the issue of migrants, Muslims, integration and citizenship in Europe.Table of ContentsNotes on the Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: Diversity, Integration, Secularism and Multiculturalism, Anna Triandafyllidou and Tariq Modood; PART I, Theoretical Developments in a Comparative European Perspective; 2. Framing Contemporary Citizenship and Diversity in Europe, Tariq Modood and Nasar Meer; 3. The Multicultural States We're In, Nasar Meer and Tariq Modood; 4. Beyond Post-national Citizenship: Access, Consequence, Conditionality, Per Mouritsen; 5. Islamic Difference and the Return of Feminist Universalism, Nilufer Gole and Julie Billaud; PART II, Cultural Diversity and Policy Responses in the European Union; 6. Religious Diversity and Education: Intercultural and Multicultural Concepts and Policies, Anna Triandafyllidou and Ruby Gropas; 7. Active Immigrants in Multicultural Contexts: Democratic Challenges in Europe, Ricard Zapata Barrero and Ruby Gropas; 8. Not a One-way Road? Integration as a Concept and as a Policy, Frauke Miera; 9. Ethnic Statistics in Europe: The Paradox of Colour-blindness, Angeline Escafre-Dublet and Patrick Simon; Index.

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Book SynopsisWhat moral standards ought nation-states abide by when selecting immigration policies? Peter Higgins argues that immigration policies can only be judged by considering the inequalities that are produced by the institutions - such as gender, race and class - that constitute our social world.Higgins challenges conventional positions on immigration justice, including the view that states have a right to choose whatever immigration policies they like, or that all immigration restrictions ought to be eliminated and borders opened. Rather than suggesting one absolute solution, he argues that a unique set of immigration policies will be just for each country. He concludes with concrete recommendations for policymaking.

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Book SynopsisThe Scottish diasporic communities closest to home are those we know least about. Whilst an interest in the overseas Scottish diaspora has grown in recent years, Scots who chose to settle in other parts of the United Kingdom have been largely neglected. This book addresses this imbalance. Scots travelled freely around the industrial centres of northern Britain throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and Belfast was one of the most important ports of call for many. The Scots played key roles in shaping Belfast society in the modern period, playing a key role in its industrial development and many cultural, philanthropic and religious initiatives. Yet despite their significance, in Protestant, Unionist and at times ill at ease Belfast, individual Scots could be viewed with suspicion, dismissed as strangers, or interfering outsiders.

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Book Synopsis''Khan''s aspirational memoir reminds us all why Americans should welcome newcomers from all lands'' Kirkus ReviewsIn fewer than three hundred words, Khizr Khan electrified viewers around the world when he took the stage at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. And when he offered to lend Donald Trump his own much-read and dog-eared pocket Constitution, his gesture perfectly encapsulated the feelings of millions. But who was that man, standing beside his wife, extolling the promises and virtues of the U.S. Constitution?In this urgent and timeless immigrant story, we learn that Khizr Khan has been many things. He was the oldest of ten children born to farmers in Pakistan, and a curious and thoughtful boy who listened rapt as his grandfather recited Rumi beneath the moonlight. He was a university student who read the Declaration of Independence and was awestruck by what might be possible in life. He was a hopeful suitor, trying to win the heart of a wo

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Book SynopsisIntegration is a key challenge facing modern society today. Integration and Resistance offers a new theoretical perspective for considering integration. By focusing on international immigrants and their organisations from a wider perspective the author demonstrates that the threat to social integration does not lie with the immigrants themselves but with global capital and the state. By analysis of data collected in Spain and Portugal the book breaks new ground in providing information on processes occurring in intermediate-capitalist countries that share some aspects of economic development, social and migration features with Northern Europe and America whilst also sharing other features such as the economic dependence of more impoverished countries.Trade Review’This is very fine book which combines deep theoretical understanding with extensive empirical research. The author is a geographer but with a wide ranging knowledge of other disciplines. Although its research base is in Lisbon and Barcelona it is of international significance and a very important contribution to the understanding of the integration of immigrant.’ Professor John Rex, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK ’Ricard Moren has produced a theoretically strong and detailed analysis of immigrant organisations in Barcelona and Lisbon. This original study is an invaluable contribution to the literature on processes of integration and resistance.’ Professor Zig Layton-Henry, Warwick University, UK ’A rigorously academic work, prepared and written from an uncommon social involvement, that helps to build bridges between universities and the rest of society. The result is a book of interest to all those who want to understand the changing situation in South West Europe regarding the arrival of foreign immigrants. Both academics and socially concerned citizens will find in this book an useful tool.’ Professor Àngels Pascual-de-Sans, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain 'Morén-Alegret develops an impressive and comprehensive analytical framework...insights [are] provided by the author's pioneer comparative approach, by his critical analysis of contemporary social movements and by his engaged plea for alternative...routes to integration and participation.' MigrationTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: mapping this book in a few words; The complexity of integration; State, integration, class and international migration; Social movements, integration and international migration; Iberian urban areas; Foreign immigration and government in Spain and Portugal; Organizations and foreign immigration in Barcelona; Organizations and foreign immigration in Lisbon; Conclusions; Appendices; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisWhilst immigration policy is a highly controversial topic in the West, states continue to receive people who settle, whether as asylum-seekers or refugees, or as family members of existing migrants or labour migrants. Many who move violate the immigration rules either in entering a country or staying beyond the time allowed. The problems illegality entails for migrants shape much of the law and society scholarship in this area and this volume brings together the key articles which shape current thinking. The main topics covered include illegality, mercy and the language of deservingness; transnationality; family and identity; refugees and asylum-seekers.Trade Review'...succeeds in gathering together some of the best scholarly articles on law, society and migration...providing a thorough and thematically wide-ranging discussion of major issues in the study of migration regulation and law.. It represents an excellent place for students or academics seeking an overview of these issues to begin and should therefore be seen as a valuable contribution to research on both law and migration studies.' The Maghreb ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Series preface; Introduction. Part I Illegality, Mercy and the Language of Deservingness: Opposing Prop. 187: undocumented immigrants and the national imagination, Linda Bosniak; Immigration, law and marginalization in a global economy: notes from Spain, Kitty Calavita; Implications of 'third party' involvement in enforcement: the INS, illegal travelers and international airlines, Janet A. Gilboy; Inside illegality: migration policing in South Africa after apartheid, Jonathan Klaaren and Jaya Ramji ; US immigration reform and the meaning of responsibility, Kathleen M. Moore; The strange career of the illegal alien: immigration restriction and deportation policy in the United States 1921-1965, Mae M. Ngai; When states prefer non-citizens over citizens: conflict over illegal immigration into Malaysia, Kamal Sadiq. Part II Transnationality: Between national and post-national: membership in the United states, T. Alexander Aleinikoff; Cultural logics of belonging and movement: transnationalism, naturalization and US immigration politics, Susan Bibler Coutin); The constitution of a European immigration policy domain: a political sociology approach, Virginie Giraudon. Part III Family and Identity: Who is a homosexual?: the consolidation of sexual identities in mid-20th century American immigration law, Margot Canaday; The limits of citizenship: migration, sex discrimination and same-sex partners in EU law, R. Amy Elman; Inequality near and far: adoption as seen from the Brazilian favelas, Claudia Fonseca; Tender ties: husbands' rights and racial exclusion in Chinese marriage cases 1882-1924, Todd Stevens; Placing the 'gift child' in transnational adoption, Barbara Yngvesson. Part IV Refugees and Asylum-Seekers: Minors or aliens? Inconsistent state intervention and separated child asylum-seekers, Jacqueline Bhabha; Dissident voices: refugees, human rights and asylum in Europe, Colin J. Harvey; Reflections on the Tampa 'crisis', Robert Manne; The complexity of

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Book SynopsisConsiders why Germans left their home country, why they chose to settle in Canada, who assisted their passage, and how they crossed the ocean to their new home, as well as how the Canadian government perceived and solicited them as immigrants.Trade ReviewWagner’s book provides a valuable case study, tying together not only basic push and pull factors, but also the responses of governments to the challenges of migration during the rapid urbanization and industrialization of Germany and the massive task of settling the Canadian Prairies ... it is a valuable study of the political, social, and technological processes facilitating migration in an international context that will be useful for future research in the field of migration history. -- Christian Lieb, University of Victoria * Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. XXXVIII, no. 1 *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Migration in the 1850s and 1860s2 Migration in the Age of Bismarck and Macdonald, 1870-903 Migration in the Generation before the Great War, 1890-19144 Interwar Migration, 1919-1939ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisBartolo tells us about rescuing everyone he can, burying those he cannot, and saving their stories as if they were his own. This is a personal, urgent and universal book GLORIA STEINEMAn urgent, wrenching dispatch from the frontline of the defining crisis of our times . . . Bartolo is at once the saviour and the coroner to boatload after boatload of migrants who risk everything to cross the deadly seas. It is also a damning indictment of the broader, collective indifference of humankind to both the drowned and the saved PHILIP GOUREVITCHDr Pietro Bartolo has seen more suffering and death in his career than any one man should have to witness Amnesty InternationalThrough Bartolo we understand that it is impossible to do nothing in the face of such great human need Vanity FairIt is common to think of the refugee crisis as a recent phenomenon, but Dr Pietro Bartolo, who runs the clinic on the Italian island of Lampedusa,Trade ReviewAn urgent, wrenching dispatch from the frontline of the defining crisis of our times . . . Bartolo is at once the saviour and the coroner to boatload after boatload of migrants who risk everything to cross the deadly seas. It is also a damning indictment of the broader, collective indifference of humankind to both the drowned and the saved. * Philip Gourevitch *Through Bartolo we understand that it is impossible to do nothing in the face of such great human need * Vanity Fair *Bartolo tells us about rescuing everyone he can, burying those he cannot, and saving their stories as if they were his own. This is a personal, urgent and universal book * Gloria Steinem *Dr Pietro Bartolo's account of his years administering to this wretched, threadbare flotilla is a haunting and urgent testimony. He is an impassioned and compelling narrator * Toby Jones *

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Book SynopsisArt, Borders and Belonging: On Home and Migration investigates how three associated conceptshouse, home and homelandare represented in contemporary global art. The volume brings together essays which explore the conditions of global migration as a process that is always both about departures and homecomings, indeed, home-makings, through which the construction of migratory narratives are made possible. Although centrally concerned with how recent and contemporary works of art can materialize the migratory experience of movement and (re)settlement, the contributions to this book also explore how curating and exhibition practices, at both local and global levels, can extend and challenge conventional narratives of art, borders and belonging. A growing number of artists migrate; some for better job opportunities and for the experience of different cultures, others not by choice but as a consequence of forced displacement caused economic or environmental collapse, or by poliTrade ReviewThis is a wonderfully curated collection of essays. The range of artistic material is rich, and the thematic focus on art’s unique potential to weave together experiences of migration, borders, homemaking and belonging is remarkably consistent, as is the authors’ innovative use of feminist and transnational perspectives to foreground female artists and engage with their works in close readings that are both intimate and trenchant. * Anne Ring Petersen, Professor of Modern Culture & Contemporary Art at the Department of Arts & Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark *Whether they are from Cyprus, Palestine, Spain, Kazakhstan or elsewhere, artists who have relocated often make works that not only invoke the idea of a lost home but also an impetus to achieve a sense of belonging in their new places of abode. This orientation, so important in contemporary art, is explored eloquently and compellingly in Art, Borders and Belonging. * Brenda Schmahmann, Professor and SARChI Chair in South African Art & Visual Culture, University of Johannesburg, South Africa *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Contributors Introduction: Art, Borders and Belonging: On Home and Migration, Maria Photiou (University of Derby, UK) and Marsha Meskimmon (Loughborough University, UK) 1. Weaving Together: Narratives of Home, Exile and Belonging, Maria Photiou (University of Derby, UK) 2. Parastou Forouhar: Materialising Pain and Beauty, Lydia Wooldridge (Bristol School of Art and University of the West of England, UK) 3. Deciphering Home Through Hajra Waheed’s Archival Investigations, Sarah Fox (Carleton University, Canada) 4. Re-creating the Place of Home in Remedios Varo’s La creación de las aves, Nadia Garcia (University College Cork, Ireland) 5. Identity and (Not) Belonging: Art and the Politics of British-ness in 1980s Britain, Imogen Racz (Coventry University, UK) 6. Aftershocks and (Un)belongings: Reflecting on Home Strike, Alexandra Kokoli (Middlesex University London, UK) and Basia Sliwinska (University of the Arts London, UK) 7. Crossing literal and conceptual borders: Nepantla practices of the borderlands in performance projects by Guillermo Gomez-Peña, Eva Zetterman (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) 8. Boundaries and belonging in Kazakh art: a case study of Red Butterfly by Almagul Menlibayeva, Aliya de Tiesenhausen (Independent Scholar, UK) 9. 'Arrival city' versus 'dysfunctional nation': Exhibiting the 'migration crisis' at the 2016 Venice Architectural Biennale, Joel Robinson (The Open University, UK) Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWith contributions from leading experts, this edited collection presents original research on the skills brought by immigrant communities to the textile and fashion industries, from the early modern to postmodern periods in Asia and the Islamic World, Europe, Africa, and the Americas.Manufacturing of textiles and apparel is arduous work, which historically depended on skilled artisans, inexpensive labor, and the introduction of labor-saving technology. Immigrant communities supplied much of the work force, bringing their own skill sets to new locations, leading to the development of new manufacturing centers and an increase in both production and technical expertise. Throughout the volume, the role of migration and immigrant involvement in manufacturing is also examined in relation to trade, politics, and socio-religious circumstances prompting relocation.Deconstructing the question of provenance by examining the cultural identity of migrant populations, the rTrade ReviewExtends valuable critical enquiry into the role historically played by workers in textile and garment production. It is an important collection of studies for design history researchers, especially those with an interest in sericulture and silk consumption. -- Katie Irani, Doctorate researcher, Royal College of Art & Associate Lecturer, London College of Fashion, UKSpanning centuries and continents, the essays in this volume integrate mythology, Abrahamic narratives, plantation ledgers and personal accounts to complement the scholarly analysis of the histories, skill, knowledge and craft that construct individual identity and accompany human migration. -- Wendy Weiss, Emeritus Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USATable of ContentsPreface Part One: Introduction 1. A Brief History of Textile Production and Trade – Nazanin Hedayat Munroe, NYC College of Technology, City University of New York, USA Part Two: Imported Myths, Imported Moths: Silk Production Across Asia 2. Histories of Silken Skills: Immigrant Sericulturalists in Early Modern South Asia – Sylvia Houghteling, Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA 3. Prophets and Caterpillars: The Story of Job and the Social Mobility of Silk Workers and Weavers in the Early Modern Islamic World – Nader Sayadi, University of Rochester, New York, USA Part Three: Imported Skills: Weaving Specialists Go Global 4 Master Craftsmen in Migration: Safavid Silk Weavers in Mughal India – Nazanin Hedayat Munroe, NYC College of Technology, City University of New York, USA 5. Weaving Andean Textiles on Islamic Looms: The Importation of Skilled Weavers in the Colonial Andes – Maria Madison Smith, Syracuse University, New York, USA Part Four: Imported Labor: Enslaved and Immigrant Workers in America 6. Clothing the Black Body in Slavery: Stolen Lives and Imported Labor – Wanett Clyde, NYC College of Technology, City University of New York, USA 7. How the Other Half Works: Perceptions and Realities of Immigrant Labor in the New York Apparel Industry – Nazanin Hedayat Munroe, NYC College of Technology, City University of New York, USA Part Five: Imported Culture: Textile as Tradition in the Diaspora 8. Silk Weaving in the Cambodian Refugee Crisis and Diaspora: Displaced Practice and Identities in the Post-Khmer Rouge Era – Magali An Berthon, Center for Textile Research, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 9. The Evolution of an Identity: Tracing the Trajectory of Sindhi Ajrak across the India–Pakistan Border – Pragya Sharma, Indian Institute of Art and Design, New Delhi, India Conclusion Glossary of Textile Terms References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is a vital exploration of the harrowing stories of mass displacement that took place in the first half of the 20th century from the perspective of forced migrants themselves. The volume brings together 15 interrelated case studies which show how the deportation, evacuation and flight of millions of people as a result of the First World War intensified rather than alleviated ethnic conflicts which culminated in population transfers on an even larger scale during and immediately after the Second World War. While each chapter focuses on a different group of refugees and displaced persons, the text as a whole looks at the experience of forced migration as a complex set of evolving relationships with the receiving society, the homeland, the broader diaspora and other migrant communities living within the same host country. This innovative, four-dimensional model provides an overarching conceptual framework that binds the chapters together within the longer arc of European history.Trade ReviewA valuable contribution to our understanding of the mass refugee movements which blighted Europe in the era of the two world wars. Using the concept of diaspora and drawing from case studies covering the entire continent, this volume offers innovative insights into a wide range of expulsions during this period. * Panikos Panayi, Professor of European History, De Montfort University, UK *Table of ContentsForeword, Andreas Kossert Introduction: Unwilling Nomads: A Four-Dimensional Model of Diaspora, Bastiaan Willems (Lancaster University, UK) and Michal Adam Palacz (Oxford Brooks University, UK) Part I - Forced Migrants during the First World War 1. Population movement, evacuation and internment in Habsburg Galicia during the First World War: Considering the four-dimensional model of diaspora, Serhiy Choliy (Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Ukraine) 2. Humiliated and insulted: The multiple categories of Austro-Hungarian civilian internees, 1914–17, Egor Lykov (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) 3. Between Suffering and Displacement: The Case of the Istrian ‘Evakuirci’, Diego Han (University of Zagreb, Croatia) Part II - Political Emigrants in the Interwar Era 4. Salvaging the ‘unredeemed’ in Italy: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Julian March émigrés, Miha Zobec (Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Slovenia) 5. Ukrainian emigration in the Weimar Republic and its role in German foreign policy, Veronika Weisheimer (European University Viadrina Frankfurt, Germany) 6. Protecting the national identity of Russian emigrants and their children in interwar Eastern Europe, Aleksandra Mikulenok (Russian State University of Justice, Russia) Part III - People on the move in fascist Europe 7. Stefi Kiesler: A Librarian as ‘Intellectual Refugee Service’, Jill Meißner-Wolfbeisser (University of Vienna, Austria) 8. The catalysts of 1938: European child evacuations as humanitarian innovation, Chelsea Sambells (University of Huddersfield, UK) 9. ‘And Without a Hat!’: Refugee women in the transit country Portugal after 1933, Katrin Sippel (Austrian Society for Exile Studies, Austria) 10. Many Journeys of Exile: Spanish Republican Refugees in France, 1939-1946, David Messenger (University of South Alabama, USA) 11. Reclaimed for the Volk: Forced Migration and Assimilation in the Wartime Third Reich, Bradley J. Nichols (University of Missouri, USA) Part IV - Refugees and displaced persons and the Second World War 12. The surviving remnant: Subjectification and self-organization in the Jewish DP camp Bergen-Belsen, 1945–8, Lennart Onken (Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial, Hamburg, Germany) 13. Resettling, repatriating and ‘rehabilitating’ Polish displaced persons in British-occupied Germany, 1945–51, Samantha K. Knapton (University of Nottingham, UK) 14. Ethnopolitical humanitarianism: The post-war resettlement of 2,446 Danube Swabians to Brazil, Cristian Cercel (Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany) 15. Anti-communists, communists and migrants in France, 1917–53, Aaron Clift (University of Oxford, UK) Conclusion: Polish Refugees and East Prussian Expellees: Applying the Four-Dimensional Model, Bastiaan Willems (Lancaster University, UK) and Michal Adam Palacz (Oxford Brooks University, UK) Concluding Remarks, Pertti Ahonen (University of Jyväskylä, Finland) Index

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Book SynopsisExamines the current wave of migration from Turkey with a specific focus on the experiences of 21 public figures and intellectuals from varying backgrounds.

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Book SynopsisWhen Ye Pei dreamed of Venice as a girl, she imagined a magical floating city of canals and gondola rides. And she imagined her mother, successful in her new life and eager to embrace the daughter she had never forgotten. But when Ye Pei arrives in Italy, she learns her mother works on a farm far from the city. Her only connection, a mean-spirited Chinese auntie, puts Ye Pei to work in a small-town café. Rather than giving up and returning to China, a determined Ye Pei takes on a grueling schedule, resolving to save enough money to provide her family with a better future. A groundbreaking work of journalism, Meet Me in Venice provides a personal, intimate account of Chinese individuals in the very act of migration. Suzanne Ma spent years in China and Europe to understand why Chinese people choose to immigrate to nations where they endure hardship, suspicion, manual labor and separation from their loved ones. Today all eyes are on China and its explosive economic growth. With the rise oTrade Review'For hundreds of years, Qingtian’s biggest export has been people,' journalist Ma writes in her sharp-eyed look at Chinese immigration. Ma focuses her examination on the aforementioned county of Qingtian and the plight of one particular immigrant, Ye Pei, whose family left Qingtian to make their fortune in Italy. Though it is Pei’s father, Shen, who decides to move the Ye family to Italy, his wife Fen’s visa comes through first. Fen is promised work in Venice, but the job evaporates when she arrives, so she finds work at a factory in Padua. It takes five years and a change of job before her family can join her. At 17, Pei is reluctant to leave her boyfriend in Qingtian but also excited by the prospect of the canals of Venice. Though the farm her mother works on and the Solesino coffee bar where Pei eventually secures work are far from the glamorous Venetian life she imagined, her optimism about making a better life in Italy remains undiminished. Based on years of communication and interviews with Pei, her family, and other Chinese immigrants, Ma’s unique study is essential reading for anyone seeking insight into Chinese immigration and the mind-set of those who seek better fortunes abroad. * Booklist, Starred Review *Chinese Canadian journalist Ma tackles the hot subject of immigration with her sensitive portrayal of a young woman who makes her way to northern Italy from Qingtian, a barren mountain town in the Zhejiang Province of China. According to the author, many Qiantianese are 'drawn to Italy’s textile and manufacturing industries' centered in Prato, 'home to the highest percentage of Chinese in Europe,' where they are the linchpin of factories owned and run by fellow Chinese émigrés. With 300,000 registered Chinese, they now rank as the fourth largest immigrant group in Italy. Ma connects with Ye Pei in 2011 when she’s a 16-year-old high school student in China and follows her to the Italian town of Solesino where she endures long hours working at a bar resolving to earn money for her parents to retire. Ma reconstructs Pei’s move to Italy, recounting the bumps of culture shock such as the struggle of mastering a new language with a different writing system. The author, who grew up in Chinese household but identifies as a Western, includes her own personal grappling with identity and cultural heritage. However she is most compelling when recounting Ye Pei’s story of self-sacrifice is the strength that she derives from the nuclear family as it reunites in a new country. That said, the reader will never view the 'Made in Italy' label in the same way again. * Publishers Weekly *A Chinese teenager's saga immigrating from Eastern China to Italy. . . .A sensitive writer, Ma expertly channels the yearning and base desires of her subjects through intimate conversation and cultural analysis in a narrative full of genuine compassion and appreciation. A genial, informative chronicle of the hopes and dreams of a Chinese immigrant. * Kirkus *Ma’s analytical lens zooms in and out, introducing her readers to individual migrant lives while illuminating the larger historical and sociopolitical context. . . .Beautifully crafted and poignant. . . .Ma’s book illuminates the humanity of those immigrants so often unseen. * Los Angeles Review of Books *The Chinese are everywhere. There are Chinatowns in almost every major city of the world, and in many minor ones as well. . . .Where do all these Chinese come from? Why do they leave the familiarity and comfort of their homelands to endure backbreaking toil, prejudice, and homesickness in foreign countries? Suzanne Ma addresses these questions in her eye-opening, fascinating, and beautifully written case study, Meet Me in Venice. . . .Meet Me in Venice is a revealing and thought-provoking look at the true meaning of our globalized economy, the falsity behind country-of-origin manufacturing labels, and the actual human cost of what we wear and eat. * Washington Independent Review of Books *At a time when China’s global reach is increasingly apparent, Suzanne Ma has crafted a fascinating and human portrait of what life is like for young Chinese migrants in Europe. Ma, who reports extensively in both Italy and China, has a wonderful eye for detail. She sits in on a Chinese cooking class called ‘Exit the Country,’ and she notes that a small city known for out-migration has posted huge ‘Welcome’ signs in five languages—but nothing that says ‘Farewell.’ This is a book for anybody who knows what it’s like to leave home. -- Peter Hessler, author of River Town and Oracle Bones and New Yorker staff writerMeet Me In Venice tells of the courage, hardships, and dreams of a new generation of Chinese who are leaving their homeland to seek fortune and opportunity in faraway lands. Suzanne Ma brings beautiful writing, compassion, and humor to the story of seventeen-year-old Ye Pei, who journeys to Italy to pursue her dreams of success and independence—and along the way, to make a perfect cup of cappuccino. Ranging from the language schools of Qingtian to the mushroom farms and garment factories of Italy, Ma illuminates the contours of Chinese immigrant lives that are at once crucial to the global economy and invisible to the outside world. -- Leslie T. Chang, author of Factory Girls and former China correspondent for the Wall Street JournalSuzanne Ma has written a perfect little jewel of a book that gets beyond the vague big picture and into specific communities and real lives, richly rewarding us by opening wide a fascinating door into the world of Chinese emigration. -- Howard W. French, author of China's Second Continent and former New York Times Shanghai bureau chiefMeet Me in Venice is a remarkable book, a reverse Marco Polo journey in which a dutiful Chinese teenager goes to Italy, not to find herself, but to support her immigrant parents' elusive goal of one day opening up their own business. This is a tale of hope and heartache. It is also an unforgettable glimpse into one of the fundamental yearnings of our age, the all-too-human desire for a better life. -- Jan Wong, author of Red China Blues and journalistWith most news centering around China's economic growth, it's especially important to understand the paths of Chinese immigrants and their experiences, and this story uses one young woman's journey to illustrate a familiar course for many in a key recommendation for any who would understand more of the immigrant experience in general and Chinese culture around the world, in particular. * California Bookwatch *Table of ContentsA Note about Pronunciations and Spellings Prologue Chapter One: The Bar Chapter Two: Leaving China Chapter Three: East Meets West Chapter Four: Chinatown Chapter Five: La Dolce Vita Chapter Six: Shifting Tides Chapter Seven: The Farm Chapter Eight: A New Year Epilogue Sources Acknowledgments About the Author

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Book SynopsisTRANSLATED BY ALISON McCULLOUGH''One of the best books on the many diverse migrations to London . . . revealing the extent to which the diversity of immigrant origins has had transformative effects - through food, music, diverse types of knowledge and so much more. The book is difficult to put it down''Saskia Sassen, The Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Columbia University, New York''The ultimate book about Great Britain''s capital''Dagbladet''One of the best books of the year! . . . This is a book about what a city is and can be''AftenpostenIs there a street in London which does not contain a story from the Empire? Immigrants made London; and they keep remaking it in a thousand different ways. Nazneen Khan-Østrem has drawn a wonderful new map of a city that everyone thought they already knew. She travels around the city, meeting the very people who have created a tTrade ReviewNazneen Khan-Østrem has written one of the best books on the many diverse migrations to London. We all know by now that London, Paris, New York, and other major cities are destinations for immigrants coming from a vast mix of countries. What is less known is the extent to which the diversity of immigrant origins has actually had transformative effects in these powerful cities - through food, music, diverse types of knowledge and so much more. The book is difficult to put it down - I started reading it at 7.00 p.m. and did not stop until 10 hours later. -- Saskia Sassen, The Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Columbia University, New York

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Book SynopsisThe concept of the migrant as rights bearer at law is surprisingly recent and under-developed. Migrants have traditionally been seen as outsiders, persons who are in society but not yet of society. Migrants are at best invitees, 'guests' for whom presence in a country is a privilege. This is the first of two volumes which bring together writings which trace the evolution in thinking about migrants as legal subjects and rights holders. The articles cover: issues around state sovereignty and migrants as subjects of international law; the articulation of rights; different categories of migrants; issues around health and disability. The volume also features an extended article on the proposal for an International Migrants' Bill of Rights (IMBR) put forward by an international consortium of academics and students. A related volume Refugees and Rights is also published as part of the series.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Select bibliography. Part I Challenging State Sovereignty: Migrants as Subjects of International Law: The human rights of migrants in general international law: from minimum standards to fundamental rights, Vincent Chetail; Nationality and alienage, John Finnis; Being here: ethical territoriality and the rights of immigrants, Linda Bosniak. Part II Defining Rights Across Borders: Making people illegal, Catherine Dauvergne; Travel plans: border crossings and the rights of transnational migrants, Ratna Kapur; Human rights and the elusive universal subject: immigration detention under international human rights and EU law, Cathryn Costello. Part III Family, Gender and the Rights of Children: Migration, gender, and the limits of rights, Siobhán Mullally; Revisiting the meaning of marriage: immigration for same-sex spouses in a post-Windsor world, Scott Titshaw; Arendt’s children: do today’s migrant children have a right to have rights?, Jacqueline Bhabha; Of relative rights and putative children: rethinking the critical framework for the protection of refugee children and youth, Mary E. Crock. Part IV Migrant Workers: At the border and between the cracks: the precarious position of irregular migrant workers under international human rights law, Laurie Berg; Numbers vs. rights: trade-offs and guest worker programs, Martin Ruhs and Philip Martin; The invisible worker, Lenni B. Benson; In defence of the migrant workers convention: standard setting for contemporary migration, Bernard Ryan. Part V Health and Disability: Immigration status and basic social human rights: a comparative study of irregular migrants' right to health care in France, the UK and Canada, Sylvie Da Lomba; Migrating to Australia with disabilities: non-discrimination and the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, Ben Saul. Part VI The International Migrants Bill of Rights Project: International Migrants Bill of Rights, with commentary. Name index.

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Book SynopsisBhikhu Parekh's contribution to the political theory of multiculturalism is widely regarded as amongst the most original and significant. In this book, some of the leading theorists of multiculturalism revisit aspects of Parekh's work both to underline its continuing importance and the vitality of multiculturalist theory.Table of ContentsIntroduction, Varun Uberoi; 1. Traditions of Pluralist Thought; 1: Situating Parekh's Multiculturalism: Bhikhu Parekh and Twentieth Century British Political Theory, Paul Kelly; 2: Gandhi, Intercultural Dialogue and Global Ethics: An Interpretive Commentary on Bhikhu Parekh's Work, Thomas Pantham; 3: A New Approach to National Identities Beyond Conservative and Liberal Nationalism, Varun Uberoi; 2. Elucidating and Addressing Multicultural Dilemmas; 4: At the Borders of Otherness: Tracing Feminism through Bhikhu Parekh's Multiculturalism, Monica Mookherjee,; 5: Liberty, Equality and Accommodation, Peter Jones; 6: Parekh's Multiculturalism and Secularism: Religions in Political life, Rajeev Bhargava; Chapter 7: Identity, Values and the Law, Raymond Plant; 3. New Directions; 8: The Essentialist Critique of Multiculturalism: Theories, Policies, Ethos, Will Kymlicka; 9: Beyond Rules and Rights: Multiculturalism and the Inclusion of Immigrants, Joseph H Carens; 10: Multiculturalism and the Public Sphere, Andrew Gamble; 11: Can Democracy be Multicultural? Can Multiculturalism Be Democratic?, Benjamin Barber; 12: Interculturalism, Multiculturalism, Charles Taylor; 13: Rethinking Multiculturalism, Interculturalisms and the Majority, Tariq Modood.

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Book SynopsisWhat does it means to be Palestinian in the diaspora? This book offers a collection of 100 reflections on being Palestinian. It contributes to the debate on what it means to be Palestinian. It asks what the diaspora is for Palestinians. It looks at how being Palestinian varies across gender, generation, religious affiliation and more.

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Book SynopsisA useful introduction to the social, political, cultural and religious position of Muslims living in contemporary Europe. It describes the history of early European Muslims and outlines the causes and courses of 20th-century Muslim immigration.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. A Brief History; 2. France; 3. Germany; 4. United Kingdom; 5. The Netherlands and Belgium; 6. Scandinavia; 7. Southern Europe; 8. Family, Law and Culture; 9. Muslim Organisations; 10. European Muslims in a New Europe?; A Note on Statistics; Bibliographical Essay; Index.

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Book SynopsisOffers a set of new comparative perspectives on the experiences of Shi'a Muslim minorities outside the 'Muslim heartland' (Middle East, North Africa, Central and South Asia) and discusses the challenges these communities face as 'a minority within a minority'.

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Book SynopsisFeaturing new historical and ethnographic research on China and Southeast Asia, this book explores how power and violence have shaped the experiences of Sufis and state-builders, as well as refugees and rebels, contributing to a more nuanced understanding of Islamic cosmopolitanism.

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Book SynopsisThis collection recovers a comparative history of migration that, arguably, no scholar could achieve alone. Migrants are by definition liminal, and many have existed historically in the murky spaces between nations, regions, or ethnicities

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Book SynopsisCurrently, adaptation policy for climate change prioritises economic and technological dimensions of governance and action. Now, Elaine Kelly brings continental theory into the conversation to explore the ethical dilemmas stemming from emerging global political crises of migration, displacement and communal relocation related to climate change.

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