Migration, immigration and emigration Books
Princeton University Press Strangers No More
Book SynopsisStrangers No More is the first book to compare immigrant integration across key Western countries. Focusing on low-status newcomers and their children, it examines how they are making their way in four critical European countries--France, Germany, Great Britain, and the Netherlands--and, across the Atlantic, in the United States and Canada. This syTrade ReviewHonorable Mention for the 2017 ENMISA Distinguished Book Award, Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Migration Section the International Studies Association "A welcome stocktaking of how 'low-status' immigrants have fared in North America and several Western European countries. The value added by this volume is the compact compilation of comparative data on key domains of integration, from the labor market to intermarriage."--Christian Joppke, American Journal of Sociology "Richard Alba and Nancy Foner have written what will undoubtedly become the "go-to' book for comparisons of immigration on both sides of the Atlantic. Clearly written, meticulously researched, and insightfully analyzed, Strangers No More: Immigration and the Challenges of Integration in North America and Western Europe helps readers easily capture the broad mechanisms driving migration and integration today."--Peggy Levitt, Contemporary Sociology "Richard Alba and Nancy Foner took on an impossible task: to write a comprehensive, but also empirically grounded, account of the integration of people they call 'low-status' migrants, across the main distinct fields of integration, covering the experiences of the four main Western European immigration countries and the US and Canada, all within a country comparative framework. Given this high ambition with regard to substance and scope, this book stands unrivalled and unmatched as an achievement. Few scholars possess the depth of knowledge or mastery of the arts to take on such a challenge. Remarkably, the book delivers such a high degree of informed understanding across the boards that it will stand as a benchmark and reference point for leading and junior scholars, as well as advanced students and informed publics."--Paul Statham, Ethnic and Racial Studies Review "[An] extraordinary and interesting book... [This] book, a rich and nuanced view of immigration in these six countries, should be required reading for understanding how these six nations deal with immigrants and their integration into the larger society."--David M. Reimers, Journal of American Studies "This study really is comparative immigration scholarship at its very best. It exposes best practices and successes, encourages countries to learn from each other, and contends that existing problems can be solved and integration achieved. At a time when both North America and Western Europe's diversity is too often portrayed as an insurmountable challenge, this book gives us hope."--Sarah Hackett, Patterns of PrejudiceTable of ContentsPreface vii 1 Strangers No More: The Challenges of Integration 1 2 Who Are the Immigrants? The Genesis of the New Diversity 19 3 Economic Well-being 47 4 Living Situations: How Segregated? How Unequal? 68 5 The Problems and Paradoxes of Race 98 6 Immigrant Religion 118 7 Entering the Precincts of Power 143 8 Educating the Second Generation 169 9 Who Are the "We"? Identity and Mixed Unions 197 10 Conclusion: The Changing Face of the West 221 Notes 247 References 267 Index 315
£20.90
Princeton University Press The Walls Within
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Theodore Saloutos Book Award, Immigration and Ethnic History Society""Winner of the Frances Richardson Keller-Sierra Prize, Western Association of Women Historians""Immigrants’ struggles to live and flourish in the United States aren’t only about the border, Sarah Coleman demonstrates in this comprehensive examination of immigration politics since 1965."---Elizabeth Palmer, The Christian Century"The complex thicket of political divisions over immigration policy, whose origins in the late twentieth century Coleman so ably analyzes, remain largely intact. For those eager to advance the cause of immigrant rights, or for anyone who wants to understand the historical roots of the current political landscape, The Walls Within should be required reading."---Ruth Milkman, Dissent"Coleman provides valuable historical perspective on how the politics of immigration control has resulted in dire consequences for millions of immigrants and transformed the US into a country in which the benefits of citizenship are denied to a significant population living legally within its borders. . . . Recommended." * Choice Reviews *"The virtue of Coleman’s book is its thick descriptive account of the to-and-fro struggle between liberals and conservatives and her appreciation of the variety of contingent realities that made outcomes difficult to predict."---Peter Kivisto, Ethnic and Racial Studies
£28.50
Princeton University Press Engage and Evade
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A provocative intervention that challenges the popular and scholarly understandings of institutional surveillance on undocumented immigrants. . . . valuable, nuanced, and insightful. . . . This important book will surely support the societal inclusion of undocumented immigrants by illuminating and interfering in the inequalities of laws and policies."---Oscar R. Cornejo Casares, Law & Society Review"Engage and Evade is an interdisciplinary study at the intersection of sociology, political science and law, which makes a significant contribution to the fields of migration and surveillance studies."---P. Arun, International Migration Review"Engage and Evade, a thought-provoking study of how undocumented immigrants contend with surveillance, sheds light on why the vast majority of undocumented immigrants follow the law: they were also law-abiding in their home countries and now seek social inclusion in the United States, where they are making a life for their families. . . . Engage and Evade is sociology at its finest."---Richard Mora, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity"Asad challenges the conventional notion that undocumented immigrants in the United States hide in the shadows, fearful of all forms of institutional authority. Rather, he persuasively argues, many engage selectively and rationally with both law enforcement and service institutions such as schools, hospitals and health clinics, and organizations that provide social assistance."---Richard Feinberg, Foreign Affairs"[A]dmirable is Asad’s intimate familiarity with the narratives, sentiments, and aspirations Latino immigrants express as they make [a] life in the United States"---Aaron Arredondo, Ethnic and Racial Studies"Beyond portraying immigrants in the workplace as workers or households as parents alone, Asad explores what it means to be wholly human . . . In [Engage and Evade], it is beautiful to see immigrants subjectivities centralized in the analysis of their everyday decisions and behaviors related to institutional interactions. . . . [A] must-read."---Stephanie Canizales, Social Forces
£25.20
Princeton University Press Racial Migrations
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Theodore Saloutos Book Award, Immigration and Ethnic History Society""Co-Winner of the Kenneth Jackson Award for Best Book (North American), Urban History Association""A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year""It is impossible to do justice to such well-researched, skilfully crafted, beautifully written, and thought-provoking book as Hoffnung-Garskof’s in a short review. . . . Racial Migrations [is] a model of research and writing, and a source for future research."---Antonio Hernández Matos, European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies"Based on extensive and imaginative research, and written with a wonderful touch, the book offers, as one of its back-cover tributes puts it, a model for how to produce a transnational history of migration and race. . . . Hoffnung-Garskof offers a deep immersion in the world-view of these migrants."---Peter Hulme, New West Indian Guide"A fantastic and important work."---Dalia Antonia Caraballo Muller, Estudios Interdisciplinarios de America Latina y el Caribe"Racial Migrations is a timely exploration of the political subjectivities and organizing practices of Black and racially-mixed Cuban intellectuals, activists, and workers in their nineteenth-century struggles for freedom, democratic participation, and racial equality. . . . [An] enticing reading."---Ileana María Rodríguez-Silva, CENTRO Journal"Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof’s Racial Migrations employs a microhistorical approach to depict how Cubans and Puerto Ricans of African descent negotiated with non-Black revolutionaries to secure their full rights as citizens. . . . Racial Migrations eloquently explores how people of African descent from different walks of life and nationalities united under cross-social and multiracial social clubs."---Andrea Carolina Morales Loucil, World History Connected
£37.80
Princeton University Press In the Hands of God
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A needed contribution. . . . Richlin’s ethnographic and qualitative research [are] both engaging and heartening."---Philip Letizia, Reading Religion
£67.50
Princeton University Press The Walls Within
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Theodore Saloutos Book Award, Immigration and Ethnic History Society""Winner of the Frances Richardson Keller-Sierra Prize, Western Association of Women Historians""Immigrants’ struggles to live and flourish in the United States aren’t only about the border, Sarah Coleman demonstrates in this comprehensive examination of immigration politics since 1965."---Elizabeth Palmer, The Christian Century"The complex thicket of political divisions over immigration policy, whose origins in the late twentieth century Coleman so ably analyzes, remain largely intact. For those eager to advance the cause of immigrant rights, or for anyone who wants to understand the historical roots of the current political landscape, The Walls Within should be required reading."---Ruth Milkman, Dissent"Coleman provides valuable historical perspective on how the politics of immigration control has resulted in dire consequences for millions of immigrants and transformed the US into a country in which the benefits of citizenship are denied to a significant population living legally within its borders. . . . Recommended." * Choice Reviews *"The virtue of Coleman’s book is its thick descriptive account of the to-and-fro struggle between liberals and conservatives and her appreciation of the variety of contingent realities that made outcomes difficult to predict."---Peter Kivisto, Ethnic and Racial Studies
£20.90
Princeton University Press Refuge
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Eastern Sociological Society Book Award""[Gowayed] urges a global reckoning with the violence . . . that our obsession with national boundaries brings." * The Christian Century *"A concisely written, enjoyable read. . . . It is important that a wide audience reads books like this."---Alfons Fermin, Journal of Urban Affairs
£23.75
Princeton University Press On Belonging and Not Belonging
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[On Belonging and Not Belonging] explore[s] displacement’s hidden dimensions in formulations often subtle and surprising."---Katie Trumpener, Critical Inquiry"On Belonging and Not Belonging provides a unique contribution to the literature on migrant experiences that will be of interest to researchers in philosophy and art, particularly those with interests in identity and place." * Choice *
£25.20
Princeton University Press Racial Migrations
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Theodore Saloutos Book Award, Immigration and Ethnic History Society""Co-Winner of the Kenneth Jackson Award for Best Book (North American), Urban History Association""A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year""It is impossible to do justice to such well-researched, skilfully crafted, beautifully written, and thought-provoking book as Hoffnung-Garskof’s in a short review. . . . Racial Migrations [is] a model of research and writing, and a source for future research."---Antonio Hernández Matos, European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies"Based on extensive and imaginative research, and written with a wonderful touch, the book offers, as one of its back-cover tributes puts it, a model for how to produce a transnational history of migration and race. . . . Hoffnung-Garskof offers a deep immersion in the world-view of these migrants."---Peter Hulme, New West Indian Guide"A fantastic and important work."---Dalia Antonia Caraballo Muller, Estudios Interdisciplinarios de America Latina y el Caribe"Racial Migrations is a timely exploration of the political subjectivities and organizing practices of Black and racially-mixed Cuban intellectuals, activists, and workers in their nineteenth-century struggles for freedom, democratic participation, and racial equality. . . . [An] enticing reading."---Ileana María Rodríguez-Silva, CENTRO Journal"Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof’s Racial Migrations employs a microhistorical approach to depict how Cubans and Puerto Ricans of African descent negotiated with non-Black revolutionaries to secure their full rights as citizens. . . . Racial Migrations eloquently explores how people of African descent from different walks of life and nationalities united under cross-social and multiracial social clubs."---Andrea Carolina Morales Loucil, World History Connected
£20.90
Princeton University Press Mapping the Transnational World
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[This book] is rigorously conceptualized and offers a new take on the vast, sprawling, and, at times, contentious interdisciplinary literature on the various phenomena that scholars have subsumed under the label ‘transnational’ . . . . taking a “satellite-eye’s view” to map the transnational world at the planetary scale."---Tahseen Shams, Social Forces"Very well-written and well-researched."---Romina Cachia, American Journal of Sociology
£74.80
Princeton University Press Undesirable Immigrants
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Best Book Award, American Political Science Association""Undesirable Immigrants provides novel evidence of structural inequalities and racism in the international migration system, and engages in important discussions about its origins and transformations."---Jehonathan Ben, Ethnic and Racial Studies
£27.00
MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Americanizing the West
Book SynopsisThe Americanization movement of the 1910s and 1920s addressed the challenge of transforming immigrants into Americans by training them for citizenship. This work examines how this movement was forced to reconcile the myth of rugged individualism with the demands of a planned society.Trade ReviewProvides a provocative description of how Westerners perceived their region as a 'racial frontier,' an image that shaped their responses to immigrants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.... Sheds much new light on their attitudes and actions, particularly in the two decades between 1910 and 1930. ELLIOTT ROBERT BARKAN, AUTHOR OF AND STILL THEY COME: IMMIGRANTS AND AMERICAN SOCIETY, 1920 TO THE 1990S ""A valuable contribution to the literature of Western history and the history of immigration and ethnicity in the United States."" JON GJERDE, AUTHOR OF THE MINDS OF THE WEST: ETHNOCULTURAL EVOLUTION IN THE RURAL MIDDLE WEST, 1830-1917 ""A must-read for anyone interested in immigration history, and immigration policy, especially concerning the American West."" WALTER NUGENT, AUTHOR OF CROSSINGS: THE GREAT TRANSATLANTIC MIGRATIONS, 1870-1914
£41.36
Pluto Press Sans Papiers The Social and Economic Lives of
Book SynopsisA contemporary account of the theoretical and policy debates with an in-depth exploration of the lived experiences of undocumented migrants in the UK.Trade Review'An important book on a subject of great public importance' -- Professor Stephen Castles, Research Chair in Sociology, University of Sydney'Enlightens our understanding of what it is like to be young and undocumented in increasingly hostile contexts. Rich and nuanced, this book sheds light on these immigrants' exclusion, exploitation and disappointments, but also on their resilience, resourcefulness, and hopes' -- Cecilia Menjivar is Cowden Distinguished Professor, Associate Director at T Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University and author of Enduring Violence, Ladina Women's Lives in Guatemala, University of California Press (2011)'A vital contribution to the growing body of work charting the precarious lives of undocumented workers' -- Media Education JournalTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements 1. Researching Everyday ‘Illegality’: An Introduction 2. Migration Dynamics, Irregular Migration and the Governance of 'Illegality' 3. Migrant Agency, Youth and Legal Status 4. Visibility and Invisibility: Arrival, Settlement and Socialisation into Irregularity 5. Legal Status and the Labour Market 6. Fragile Communities: Social Networks and Geographies of Undocumentedness 7. Intersecting Youth and Legal Status 8. Conclusion Bibliography Index
£72.25
Pluto Press The Latino Question
Book SynopsisHow Latino communities are transforming the politics of race, migration and labour in the US.Trade Review'A provocative book ... a timely intervention on Mexican American politics and labour' -- Congressman Raul M. Grijalva'This is a remarkable analysis of Latino politics and labour in this period of market-driven madness and unruly democracy ... a compelling critique of our political economy as well as offering us democratic alternatives' -- Rodolfo F. Acuna, Professor Emeritus and Founder, Chicana and Chicano Studies at California State University, Northridge and author of Occupied America (2014).'Studies of Latino politics in the past have largely failed to locate their discussions in the context of the American capitalist political economy and the class divisions that it fosters and that shape so much of the country's political and cultural struggles. The Latino Question provides a pathbreaking and extraordinary account of contemporary Latino politics' -- Mario Barrera, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley and author of Race and Class in the Southwest (1979).'This is a necessary book in these political times. Well researched and clearly written it exposes the problems and possibilities emergent when engaging and understanding the intersection of Latino politics in the American context. Rich in description and analysis the authors offer a lasting reminder that there is much and overlooked diversity amongst, across and within the matrix political category whose shorthand has too often been reduced to the word 'Latino' ' -- Marcus Anthony Hunter, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, CHAIR, Department of African American Studies, UCLATable of ContentsFigures and Tables Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction 1. Mexican Mass Labour Migration in a Not-So-Changing Political Economy 2. Hegemony, War of Position and Workplace Democracy 3. Poverty in the Valley of Plenty: Mexican Families and Migrant Work in California 4. Racism, Capitalist Inequality, and the Cooperative Mode of Production 5. Working but Poor in the City of Milwaukee: Life Stories 6. Feasting on Latina/o Labour in Multicultural Los Angeles 7. After Latino Metropolis: Cultural Political Economy and Alternative Futures Conclusion Notes Index
£72.25
Pluto Press The Unchosen
Book SynopsisAn intimate look at the lives of asylum seekers and migrant workers in IsraelTrade Review'Equipped with a profound knowledge of the plight of non-Jews who have come to Israel in search of work and asylum, Mya Guarnieri Jaradat brings their struggles to life in all of their complexity' -- Neve Gordon, co-author of The Human Right to Dominate (Oxford University Press, 2015)'The world needs more journalists with Guarnieri Jaradat's dedication, compassion, and unblinking intelligence. The Unchosen is as clear-eyed as it is heartfelt ... essential reading for anyone who wants to understand Israel' -- Ben Ehrenreich, journalist and author of The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine (Penguin, 2016)'An engaging book ... its contribution to the debate on migration is timely and useful' -- Haaretz'A crucial text for understanding the current refugee crisis in Israel' -- n+1'An exemplary and affecting piece of reportage' -- Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements 1. Black Market Kindergartens 2. The New Others: Migrant Workers 3. The Second Wave: A 'Flood' of African Asylum Seekers 4. 'Our Boss Took His Dogs to the Bomb Shelters But Left Us in the Fields': Thai Workers Doing 'Hebrew Work' 5. 'Clean and Tidy': Foreigners in Israel after Operation Cast Lead 6. Black City: The 'Infiltrators' 7. Jewish Girls for the Jewish People: The Knesset and the High Court 8. The Only Darfuri Refugee in Israel Postscript Notes Index
£16.14
Pluto Press The Truth About Modern Slavery
Book SynopsisAn expert's guide to ending modern slaveryTrade Review'Her powerful treatise argues that modern slavery does not really exist as a clear phenomenon, but has been seized on to divert attention from the underlying causes of labour exploitation' -- Amelia Gentleman, Guardian'A horrifying exposé of how modern slavery is being used by elites against those most in need in our society - a must-read' -- Frankie Boyle, comedian'A brave, well-argued and thought-provoking intervention in a complex debate' -- Daniel Trilling, journalist and author of 'Lights In The Distance: Exile and Refuge at the Borders of Europe' (Picador, 2019)'Electrifyingly good, thoughtful and deeply concerned with people at the sharp end of anti-trafficking and anti-migrant policies. A must-read for the entire left' -- Molly Smith, co-author, with Juno Mac, of 'Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers' Rights' (Verso, 2020)'A thought-provoking and essential read - especially if you believe great progress in tackling 'modern slavery' is imminent. Kenway forces us to reconsider how we even think and talk about exploitation' -- Stuart McDonald, Scottish National Party MP for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East'A much needed and well-researched book' -- The Justice Gap'Challenging political rhetoric, Kenway makes a convincing case for the need to separate immigration law enforcement from labour inspection and policing' -- Times Literary Supplement'Incredible' -- Red Handed podcastTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. The Rise of the New Abolitionists 2. At the Borders of Humanity 3. Sex, Slavery and Women Divided 4. Behind the Brands 5. Spotting the Signs Conclusion Notes Index
£72.25
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Politics of Immigration
Book SynopsisImmigration is one of the most contested issues on the political agenda of liberal states across Europe and North America. While these states can be open and inclusive to newcomers, they are also often restrictive and exclusionary. The Politics of Immigration examines the sources of these apparently contradictory stances, locating answers in the nature of the liberal state itself.The book shows how four defining facets of the liberal state - representative democracy, constitutionalism, capitalism, and nationhood - generate conflicting imperatives for immigration policymaking, which in turn gives rise to paradoxical, even contradictory, policies. The first few chapters of the book outline this framework, setting out the various actors, institutions and ideas associated with each facet. Subsequent chapters consider its implications for different elements of the immigration policy field, including policies towards economic and humanitarian immigration, as well as citizenship aTrade Review"There's something for everyone in this deftly crafted book. Students will appreciate the clarity and breadth of coverage, while more advanced researchers will find a compelling and original contribution to our understanding of the factors shaping immigration policy." Christina Boswell, University of Edinburgh "Not only a brilliant work of scholarship, it is the best book on the politics of migration in decades and deserves to become the standard work." Randall Hansen, University of Toronto "More than just the best available synthesis on migration from a political science perspective, James Hampshire’s new book offers a persuasive and coherent argument about the 'contradictions of the liberal state' as it meets the fact of immigration. Highly recommended." Christian Joppke, University of Bern "Recommendable for a wide range of audiences. Hampshire's approach of focusing on shared features of liberal states across various regions is innovative and enlightening" LSE Review of BooksTable of ContentsList of Tables and Figures vi Acknowledgements vii 1 Immigration and the Liberal State 1 2 The Politics of Closure 16 3 The Politics of Openness 36 4 The Sisyphean Task of Migration Governance 55 5 Migration Governance beyond the State 81 6 The Janus Face of Liberal Citizenship 107 7 Integration in the Liberal State 131 8 Conclusion: Living with Contradictions 156 Notes 162 References and Bibliography 165 Index 179
£49.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Religion and Immigration
Book SynopsisThis concise book provides readers with a comprehensive overview and critical assessment of the key issues and varied strands of research relating to immigration and religion that have been produced during the past two decades.Trade Review"Mostly centred on the US, Religion and Immigration offers sobering and clear analysis grounded in solid research on an often impassioned, and ill-informed, debate."Survival"This book is an excellent, readable guide to the changing contours of religion, migration, and the relationship between the two. Kivisto's account is thorough, thoughtful, and thought-provoking – a great synthesis of past thinking and a smart roadmap for important directions forward."Peggy Levitt, Wellesley College and Harvard University"Grounded in the author's mastery of the history and sociology of immigration, Religion and Immigration is an up-to-date, jargon-free and level-headed overview of key changes in today’s society. Highly recommended for advanced undergraduates and scholars, as well as the citizen who wishes to stay well informed."R. Stephen Warner, University of Illinois at ChicagoTable of ContentsContentsChapter 1: Introduction: Religion on the MoveChapter 2: Immigrant Identity Work and ReligionChapter 3: Reframing Religious Organizations and PracticesChapter 4: Immigrants and Transnational Religious NetworksChapter 5: Church-State Relations and the Public SphereChapter 6: EpilogueReferences
£45.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Security and Migration in the 21st Century
Book SynopsisThe 21st century has brought new and challenging dimensions to our understanding of security and migration. How do these two important fields intersect? And what does this collision of policy concerns and public interests mean for states and individuals alike? This book seeks to answer these questions.Trade Review"This book boasts a treasure trove of empirical examples and a primer of sorts on refugee and immigration laws, conventions, and regulations. It also offers much food for thought about the intersection of migration with individual and collective security in the 21st century." Choice "This extremely interesting monograph provides a comprehensive overview of the migration-security nexus, investigating key issues raised by this relationship and trying to overcome the uncertain and heterogeneous nature of available information in the field."International Journal of Refugee Law "In this important work, Elspeth Guild provides us with a systematic analysis of the relationship between security and migration. Guild brings together critical security studies with a new approach to migration - 'critical migration studies', providing important insights into the changing relationships between citizens and states." Stephen Castles, University of Oxford "Theoretically informed and empirically incisive, Elspeth Guild's account of the sites at which the dynamics of migration meet proliferating claims about security is at once precise and provocative. Its assessment of recent European developments is especially compelling." R. B. J. Walker, University of VictoriaTable of ContentsAcknowledgements vi 1 Understanding security and migration in the twenty-first century 1 2 Migration, citizenship and the state 29 3 Migration, expulsion and the state 47 4 Armed conflict, flight and refugees 68 5 Migration, torture and the complicit state 87 6 Migration and data: documenting the non-national 108 7 Economy and migration 132 8 Foreigners, trafficking and globalization 155 9 Sovereignty, security and borders 176 Notes 192 Bibliography 199 Index 211
£49.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Mediating Migration
Book SynopsisMedia practices and the everyday cultures of transnational migrants are deeply interconnected. Mediating Migration narrates aspects of the migrant experience as shaped by the technologies of communication and the social, political and cultural configurations of neoliberal globalization.Trade Review"Mediating Migration takes a complicated and difficult subject and offers an original and sophisticated interrogation of the ways contemporary media, in all its dimensions, represents, constructs, and interrogates the experiences of and responses to migration."Lawrence Grossberg, University of North Carolina"In this marvelous and insightful book, Radha Hegde unpacks and then reassembles the relationship between globalization, media, and migration. While many have noted that these key concepts cannot be understood in isolation from each other, in this book we get inside the materiality of the migrant condition as it is constituted by the interplay of global forces and mediated networks. We learn not only how the media shapes popular understanding and policies on migration, but also how migrants produce new mediascapes."Nikos Papastergiadis, The University of MelbourneTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. Legitimacy: Accumulating Status3. Recognition: Politics and Technologies4. Publics: Eyeing Gender5. Domesticity: Digital Visions and Versions6. Authenticity: Pursuits of Auras7. Conclusion: Destinations and BeginningsNotesReferencesIndex
£49.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Mediating Migration
Book SynopsisMedia practices and the everyday cultures of transnational migrants are deeply interconnected. Mediating Migration narrates aspects of the migrant experience as shaped by the technologies of communication and the social, political and cultural configurations of neoliberal globalization.Trade Review"Mediating Migration takes a complicated and difficult subject and offers an original and sophisticated interrogation of the ways contemporary media, in all its dimensions, represents, constructs, and interrogates the experiences of and responses to migration."Lawrence Grossberg, University of North Carolina"In this marvelous and insightful book, Radha Hegde unpacks and then reassembles the relationship between globalization, media, and migration. While many have noted that these key concepts cannot be understood in isolation from each other, in this book we get inside the materiality of the migrant condition as it is constituted by the interplay of global forces and mediated networks. We learn not only how the media shapes popular understanding and policies on migration, but also how migrants produce new mediascapes."Nikos Papastergiadis, The University of MelbourneTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. Legitimacy: Accumulating Status3. Recognition: Politics and Technologies4. Publics: Eyeing Gender5. Domesticity: Digital Visions and Versions6. Authenticity: Pursuits of Auras7. Conclusion: Destinations and BeginningsNotesReferencesIndex
£16.14
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Latino Immigrants in the United States
Book Synopsis* A sophisticated yet accessible introduction to the experiences of Latino immigrant groups in the US - the largest minority group in the US * Covers topics such as the definition of the Latino category, pathways to citizenship, gender, labour and transnationalism.Trade Review"Extremely ambitious in scope…, this conveniently brief book will unquestionably be an accessible addition to the bookshelves of a readership as diverse as its subject matter… Scholars of immigration and/or Latino studies will greatly appreciate this volume’s content and concise writing." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies "This work is timely, incisive, and a 'must-read' for anyone interested in the complexities associated with the needs, struggles and organisation of Latino immigrants in the United States" Bulletin of Latin American Research "A timely corrective to the current debates surrounding Latino immigration and does a wonderful job at illuminating the struggles immigrants face. This book will serve as a useful companion to sociologists, political scientists, international economists, historians, and those concerned about one of the most pressing issues of the day." Contemporary Sociology "In the field of immigration it is often difficult to find books that combine the three main features of a good book: readable, informative, and allowing readers to wander with their minds beyond the book’s written content. With no doubt, Ronald Mize and Grace Peña Delgado have skillfully mastered these goals" International Sociology Review of Books "A comprehensive sociological study of the role of Latino immigrants in controlling and shaping their existence in the U.S. [and] a solid contribution to current debates ever so pertinent to the discussion of immigration reform." Revista Camino Real "Throughout the last century Latino immigrants have served as convenient scapegoats for the economic ills of the United States, with many Americans continuing to view immigration narrowly as occurring in a vacuum. In this book, Mize and Delgado clearly illustrate the complex nature of immigration. Replete with valuable insights linking communities from where Latino immigrants originate and those where they relocate, this book is a valuable addition to our understanding of the global and transnational forces that create and sustain immigration between Latin America and the United States. The book is a must-read for those interested in understanding the big forces that drive immigration and the tremendous profits that capitalists gain from the exploitation of desperate human beings." Rogelio Sáenz, Dean of the College of Public Policy, University of Texas at San Antonio "In this clear and dramatic account of the challenges and triumph of Latino immigration in the US, Mize and Delgado reveal the dramatic and fascinating dialectic between politics and identity, the national and the local, and an indiscriminate Nativism and the ‘Latinidad' it ironically helped to engender." Lawrence Taylor, Author of Tunnel Kids and Vice-President for International Affairs at the National University of Ireland, MaynoothTable of ContentsPreface: In The Shadows of America Tropical Chapter One: Introduction: Latino Immigrants Claiming RightsChapter Two: Latinidades: The Making of Identity and Community Chapter Three: Pathways to Citizenship Chapter Four: Cultural Citizenship, Gender, and Labor Chapter Five: Transnational Identities Chapter Six: Neoliberalism & GlobalizationChapter Seven: Conclusion: Fronteras Nuevas/New Frontiers Bibliography
£45.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Latino Immigrants in the United States
Book Synopsis* A sophisticated yet accessible introduction to the experiences of Latino immigrant groups in the US - the largest minority group in the US * Covers topics such as the definition of the Latino category, pathways to citizenship, gender, labour and transnationalism.Trade Review"Extremely ambitious in scope…, this conveniently brief book will unquestionably be an accessible addition to the bookshelves of a readership as diverse as its subject matter… Scholars of immigration and/or Latino studies will greatly appreciate this volume’s content and concise writing." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies "This work is timely, incisive, and a 'must-read' for anyone interested in the complexities associated with the needs, struggles and organisation of Latino immigrants in the United States" Bulletin of Latin American Research "A timely corrective to the current debates surrounding Latino immigration and does a wonderful job at illuminating the struggles immigrants face. This book will serve as a useful companion to sociologists, political scientists, international economists, historians, and those concerned about one of the most pressing issues of the day." Contemporary Sociology "In the field of immigration it is often difficult to find books that combine the three main features of a good book: readable, informative, and allowing readers to wander with their minds beyond the book’s written content. With no doubt, Ronald Mize and Grace Peña Delgado have skillfully mastered these goals" International Sociology Review of Books "A comprehensive sociological study of the role of Latino immigrants in controlling and shaping their existence in the U.S. [and] a solid contribution to current debates ever so pertinent to the discussion of immigration reform." Revista Camino Real "Throughout the last century Latino immigrants have served as convenient scapegoats for the economic ills of the United States, with many Americans continuing to view immigration narrowly as occurring in a vacuum. In this book, Mize and Delgado clearly illustrate the complex nature of immigration. Replete with valuable insights linking communities from where Latino immigrants originate and those where they relocate, this book is a valuable addition to our understanding of the global and transnational forces that create and sustain immigration between Latin America and the United States. The book is a must-read for those interested in understanding the big forces that drive immigration and the tremendous profits that capitalists gain from the exploitation of desperate human beings." Rogelio Sáenz, Dean of the College of Public Policy, University of Texas at San Antonio "In this clear and dramatic account of the challenges and triumph of Latino immigration in the US, Mize and Delgado reveal the dramatic and fascinating dialectic between politics and identity, the national and the local, and an indiscriminate Nativism and the ‘Latinidad' it ironically helped to engender." Lawrence Taylor, Author of Tunnel Kids and Vice-President for International Affairs at the National University of Ireland, MaynoothTable of ContentsPreface: In The Shadows of America Tropical Chapter One: Introduction: Latino Immigrants Claiming RightsChapter Two: Latinidades: The Making of Identity and Community Chapter Three: Pathways to Citizenship Chapter Four: Cultural Citizenship, Gender, and Labor Chapter Five: Transnational Identities Chapter Six: Neoliberalism & GlobalizationChapter Seven: Conclusion: Fronteras Nuevas/New Frontiers Bibliography
£15.19
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Race and Immigration
Book SynopsisImmigration has long shaped US society in fundamental ways. With Latinos recently surpassing African Americans as the largest minority group in the US, attention has been focused on the important implications of immigration for the character and role of race in US life, including patterns of racial inequality and racial identity.Trade Review"Race and Immigration tackles two of the most important issues facing American society and demonstrates how we cannot understand one without the other. In an insightful and clear examination of immigration laws, the occupations of immigrants, and the development of identities among newcomers and their children, the authors show how race shapes the fortunes of the newest Americans and how they in turn are shaping the meaning of race in America. This is a readable, intelligent overview of dynamic trends that are reshaping our society."Mary C. Waters, Harvard University"From the development of policy to immigrant incorporation and identities, this highly readable book makes clear that racial inequalities and boundaries are central to our understanding of immigration in the United States."Nancy Foner, Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York"While many scholars have written about race and immigration, this book uniquely brings contemporary structures of racism and immigration to a wide variety of readers. Amidst the political rhetoric of a 'post-racial society' the authors remind us that racism continues to exert deleterious effects on a variety of groups including immigrants. Equally important, this book reminds us about the racialization of two groups that remain less visible in the migration literature: highly skilled migrants and black immigrants. A very timely and useful book for scholars, practitioners, and a general audience of interested readers."Bandana Purkayastha, University of Connecticut"Race and Immigration's serious examination of the relationship between immigration, race, and ethnicity is a welcome respite from the din of the acrimonious public debate on the costs and benefits of contemporary immigration. Chock-full of useful and up-to-date information on hotly contested immigration issues, it is a valuable resource for all those interested in social change."Yen Le Espiritu, University of California, San DiegoTable of ContentsAcknowledgments viii 1 The Race–Immigration Nexus 1 2 Immigration Policy and Racial Formations 27 3 Race and the Occupational Strategies of Immigrants 60 4 Immigrant Identities and Racial Hierarchies 116 Conclusions: Race, Immigration, and the American Dream 162 Notes 168 References 173 Index 191
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Race and Immigration
Book SynopsisImmigration has long shaped US society in fundamental ways. With Latinos recently surpassing African Americans as the largest minority group in the US, attention has been focused on the important implications of immigration for the character and role of race in US life, including patterns of racial inequality and racial identity.Trade Review"Race and Immigration tackles two of the most important issues facing American society and demonstrates how we cannot understand one without the other. In an insightful and clear examination of immigration laws, the occupations of immigrants, and the development of identities among newcomers and their children, the authors show how race shapes the fortunes of the newest Americans and how they in turn are shaping the meaning of race in America. This is a readable, intelligent overview of dynamic trends that are reshaping our society."Mary C. Waters, Harvard University"From the development of policy to immigrant incorporation and identities, this highly readable book makes clear that racial inequalities and boundaries are central to our understanding of immigration in the United States."Nancy Foner, Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York"While many scholars have written about race and immigration, this book uniquely brings contemporary structures of racism and immigration to a wide variety of readers. Amidst the political rhetoric of a 'post-racial society' the authors remind us that racism continues to exert deleterious effects on a variety of groups including immigrants. Equally important, this book reminds us about the racialization of two groups that remain less visible in the migration literature: highly skilled migrants and black immigrants. A very timely and useful book for scholars, practitioners, and a general audience of interested readers."Bandana Purkayastha, University of Connecticut"Race and Immigration's serious examination of the relationship between immigration, race, and ethnicity is a welcome respite from the din of the acrimonious public debate on the costs and benefits of contemporary immigration. Chock-full of useful and up-to-date information on hotly contested immigration issues, it is a valuable resource for all those interested in social change."Yen Le Espiritu, University of California, San DiegoTable of ContentsAcknowledgments viii 1 The Race–Immigration Nexus 1 2 Immigration Policy and Racial Formations 27 3 Race and the Occupational Strategies of Immigrants 60 4 Immigrant Identities and Racial Hierarchies 116 Conclusions: Race, Immigration, and the American Dream 162 Notes 168 References 173 Index 191
£15.19
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Education and Immigration
Book SynopsisEducation is a crucially important social institution, closely correlated with wealth, occupational prestige, psychological well-being, and health outcomes. Moreover, for children of immigrants who account for almost one in four school-aged children in the U.S.Trade Review"In a little more than 200 pages, Education and Immigration covers state-of-the-art knowledge in this field in a clear and structured way that will appeal to students, researchers, and interested readers on both sides of the Atlantic." European Sociological Review “Public debates about immigration become more contentious by the day. Yet, far too often, this debate is based on myth, assumption, and conjecture rather than sound scientific evidence. With this book, Kao, Vaquera, and Goyette – first-rate scholars all – have provided the solid compendium of evidence that we so desperately need, sketching out the risks that the children of immigrants face in the American educational system and the remarkable resilience they demonstrate chasing the American Dream.” Robert Crosnoe, University of Texas at Austin “In this insightful and gracefully written volume, Kao, Vaquera, and Goyette show there is no single story of immigration and education. There is important variation between and within immigrant groups that policy makers need to attend to, and variation along the lines of class, race, and language that we all need to be aware of as we consider which groups do better and why.” Vivian Shuh Ming Louie, Harvard University “America is both an immigrant society and an education society. This important book intertwines these two important themes and brings together the latest scholarship on the topic. I highly recommend this book.” Yu Xie, University of MichiganTable of Contents1 Education and the American Dream 1 2 Becoming American (or Not): Paths to Assimilation 25 3 Historical Overview of Immigration 51 4 Educational Attainment and Socioeconomic Status of Immigrant Adults 76 5 Educational Achievement and Outcomes of Children in Immigrant Families 106 6 Language and Educational Success 140 7 Conclusion 170 References 189 Index 210
£49.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Education and Immigration
Book SynopsisEducation is a crucially important social institution, closely correlated with wealth, occupational prestige, psychological well-being, and health outcomes. Moreover, for children of immigrants who account for almost one in four school-aged children in the U.S.Trade Review"In a little more than 200 pages, Education and Immigration covers state-of-the-art knowledge in this field in a clear and structured way that will appeal to students, researchers, and interested readers on both sides of the Atlantic." European Sociological Review “Public debates about immigration become more contentious by the day. Yet, far too often, this debate is based on myth, assumption, and conjecture rather than sound scientific evidence. With this book, Kao, Vaquera, and Goyette – first-rate scholars all – have provided the solid compendium of evidence that we so desperately need, sketching out the risks that the children of immigrants face in the American educational system and the remarkable resilience they demonstrate chasing the American Dream.” Robert Crosnoe, University of Texas at Austin “In this insightful and gracefully written volume, Kao, Vaquera, and Goyette show there is no single story of immigration and education. There is important variation between and within immigrant groups that policy makers need to attend to, and variation along the lines of class, race, and language that we all need to be aware of as we consider which groups do better and why.” Vivian Shuh Ming Louie, Harvard University “America is both an immigrant society and an education society. This important book intertwines these two important themes and brings together the latest scholarship on the topic. I highly recommend this book.” Yu Xie, University of MichiganTable of Contents1 Education and the American Dream 1 2 Becoming American (or Not): Paths to Assimilation 25 3 Historical Overview of Immigration 51 4 Educational Attainment and Socioeconomic Status of Immigrant Adults 76 5 Educational Achievement and Outcomes of Children in Immigrant Families 106 6 Language and Educational Success 140 7 Conclusion 170 References 189 Index 210
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Short History of Migration
Book SynopsisTranslated by Carl Ipsen. This short book provides a succinct and masterly overview of the history of migration, from the earliest movements of human beings out of Africa into Asia and Europe to the present day, exploring along the way those factors that contribute to the successes and failures of migratory groups.Trade Review"This elegantly written book develops a compelling argument about the role of migrations in the history of mankind. An eminent historical demographer, Livi-Bacci is able to bring the demographic perspective to bear on the highly complex phenomenon of migration - whether in the context of Ancient times or in today’s context of globalization, where immigration has become a highly controversial and politicized issue. A compelling read for a general audience wishing to understand the 'migration problem' and its relevance for today’s public policy." Bruno Ramirez, Université de Montréal "The appearance of any book by demographic historian Massimo Livi-Bacci is cause for celebration and one on migration especially welcome. Migration, more than most issues, is best understood in the context of long-term patterns. This book, drawing on research in several languages, deftly puts the European experience of both emigration and immigration into long-term historical perspective, distilling six centuries into fewer than 100 pages." J.R. McNeill, Georgetown UniversityTable of ContentsPreface Chapter One - Waves of Progress and Gradual Migration Chapter Two - Selection and Reproduction: The Settler Effect Chapter Three - Organized Migrations Chapter Four - Three Centuries: 1500-1800 Chapter Five - A Quickening Pace: 1800-1913 Chapter Six - The Last Century: The Trend Reverses, 1914-2010 Chapter Seven - Three Globalizations, Migration, and the Rise of America Chapter Eight - A Tumultuous Present and an Uncertain Future: 2010-2050 Chapter Nine - On the Move, in an Orderly Fashion Appendix
£42.75
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Immigrant Networks and Social Capital
Book SynopsisChoice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015 In recent years, immigration researchers have increasingly drawn on the concept of social capital and the role of social networks to understand the dynamics of immigrant experiences.Trade ReviewChoice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015"Provides an important service in presenting in a systematic and clear way the sociological literature on social networks and clarifying the nature of the concept of social capital."Journal of Economic Literature''Until now, sociologists have needed a �go-to� volume on immigrant social networks that covers both migration itself and adaptation in the destination country. This is it. Carl Bankston has not only synthesized the research on networks and social capital across many dimensions, he puts them in a global context, extends the theoretical approach, and illustrates it with examples from four U.S. immigrant groups.'' Susan K. Brown, University of California, Irvine "Carl Bankston offers a comprehensive, clear and compelling view of how social capital and immigrant networks operate and how they relate to pre- and post-migration conditions. Vital for students and scholars of immigration, this book illuminates how workers and other immigrants residing in the United States make their way in a global economy shaped by relationships between individuals and institutions." Audrey Singer, Brookings Institution Table of ContentsIntroduction: Beyond Individual Migration 8 1 Social Networks in Immigration 15 2 Immigration and Social Capital 24 3 Networks Within and Across Nations 41 4 Family Ties 61 5 Enclaves, Neighborhoods, and Communities 76 6 The Role of Formal Institutions 94 7 Adaptation: Employment and the Economy 108 8 Adaptation: Educational Attainment and Achievement 126 Conclusion: Networks, Social Capital, and Immigrants 143 Reference 150 Index 166
£45.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Immigrant Networks and Social Capital
Book SynopsisChoice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015 In recent years, immigration researchers have increasingly drawn on the concept of social capital and the role of social networks to understand the dynamics of immigrant experiences.Trade ReviewChoice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015"Provides an important service in presenting in a systematic and clear way the sociological literature on social networks and clarifying the nature of the concept of social capital."Journal of Economic Literature''Until now, sociologists have needed a �go-to� volume on immigrant social networks that covers both migration itself and adaptation in the destination country. This is it. Carl Bankston has not only synthesized the research on networks and social capital across many dimensions, he puts them in a global context, extends the theoretical approach, and illustrates it with examples from four U.S. immigrant groups.'' Susan K. Brown, University of California, Irvine "Carl Bankston offers a comprehensive, clear and compelling view of how social capital and immigrant networks operate and how they relate to pre- and post-migration conditions. Vital for students and scholars of immigration, this book illuminates how workers and other immigrants residing in the United States make their way in a global economy shaped by relationships between individuals and institutions." Audrey Singer, Brookings Institution Table of ContentsIntroduction: Beyond Individual Migration 8 1 Social Networks in Immigration 15 2 Immigration and Social Capital 24 3 Networks Within and Across Nations 41 4 Family Ties 61 5 Enclaves, Neighborhoods, and Communities 76 6 The Role of Formal Institutions 94 7 Adaptation: Employment and the Economy 108 8 Adaptation: Educational Attainment and Achievement 126 Conclusion: Networks, Social Capital, and Immigrants 143 Reference 150 Index 166
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Immigration and Population
Book SynopsisImmigration is the primary cause of population change in developed countries and a major component of population change in many developing countries. This clear and perceptive text discusses how immigration impacts population size, composition, and distribution.Trade Review"Bohon and Conley have written an important book that clearly articulates the ubiquitous impact of immigration on the U.S. economy, social institutions, and the country's demographic future. This book is a welcome state-of-the-field scientific literature overview for classroom instruction and scholarly advancement."—Gordon De Jong, Penn State University "In an age of large-scale U.S. immigration often enveloped in bombastic rhetoric, this book is a breath of fresh air. Bohon and Conley's straightforward analysis clearly shows how immigration intersects with demography, a field that uses empirical data to understand how immigrants fare in U.S. society. This is a must-read for everyone interested in understanding contemporary debates about U.S. immigration."—Katharine M. Donato, Vanderbilt University "The authors of this timely book provide an outstanding review of both the theoretical and empirical literature concerning immigration's effect on education, health, and the environment. The chapter on assimilation and integration is particularly noteworthy.... The text is jargon-free and accessible to non-demographers." —ChoiceTable of ContentsChapter 1: The Demography of Immigration Chapter 2: Assimilation, Adaptation, and Integration Chapter 3: Immigrants in the Economy Chapter 4: Immigration and the Environment Chapter 5: The Fertility of Immigrants Chapter 6: Replacement Migration to Offset Population Aging Chapter 7: Immigrant Health Chapter 8: Educating Children in Immigrant Families Chapter 9: Conclusions References
£45.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Immigration and Population
Book SynopsisImmigration is the primary cause of population change in developed countries and a major component of population change in many developing countries. This clear and perceptive text discusses how immigration impacts population size, composition, and distribution.Trade Review"Bohon and Conley have written an important book that clearly articulates the ubiquitous impact of immigration on the U.S. economy, social institutions, and the country's demographic future. This book is a welcome state-of-the-field scientific literature overview for classroom instruction and scholarly advancement."—Gordon De Jong, Penn State University "In an age of large-scale U.S. immigration often enveloped in bombastic rhetoric, this book is a breath of fresh air. Bohon and Conley's straightforward analysis clearly shows how immigration intersects with demography, a field that uses empirical data to understand how immigrants fare in U.S. society. This is a must-read for everyone interested in understanding contemporary debates about U.S. immigration."—Katharine M. Donato, Vanderbilt University "The authors of this timely book provide an outstanding review of both the theoretical and empirical literature concerning immigration's effect on education, health, and the environment. The chapter on assimilation and integration is particularly noteworthy.... The text is jargon-free and accessible to non-demographers." —ChoiceTable of ContentsChapter 1: The Demography of Immigration Chapter 2: Assimilation, Adaptation, and Integration Chapter 3: Immigrants in the Economy Chapter 4: Immigration and the Environment Chapter 5: The Fertility of Immigrants Chapter 6: Replacement Migration to Offset Population Aging Chapter 7: Immigrant Health Chapter 8: Educating Children in Immigrant Families Chapter 9: Conclusions References
£15.19
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Immigrant Families
Book SynopsisImmigrant Families aims to capture the richness, complexity, and diversity that characterize contemporary immigrant families in the United States. In doing so, it reaffirms that the vast majority of people do not migrate as isolated individuals, but are members of families.Trade Review"Comprehensive, well-researched, and clearly-written, Immigrant Families fills a unique niche in both the fields of immigration and family literature. The authors bring wisdom, empathy, and clarity to the complex political, economic, legal, sociological, and gendered forces shaping immigrant families' lives."Carola Suárez-Orozco, UCLA"In Immigrant Families, Menjivar, Abrego , and Schmalzbauer give us an excellent analysis of the factors that shape migration and family formation. They bring into focus how changing immigration laws, class, deportation practices, gender, and generation in the United States interact in the lives of immigrant families. With immigration sure to be an important part of life well into the future, Immigrant Families provides a wealth of information and analysis for a concerned public, policy-makers and students."Leo Chavez, University of California IrvineTable of ContentsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Families and Immigration LawChapter 3: Immigrant Families and Social ClassChapter 4: Gender and Immigrant FamiliesChapter 5: Generations and Immigrant FamiliesChapter 6: Institutions, Policy, and Immigrant FamiliesChapter 7: ConclusionReferencesNotes
£47.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Immigrant Families
Book SynopsisImmigrant Families aims to capture the richness, complexity, and diversity that characterize contemporary immigrant families in the United States. In doing so, it reaffirms that the vast majority of people do not migrate as isolated individuals, but are members of families.Trade Review"Comprehensive, well-researched, and clearly-written, Immigrant Families fills a unique niche in both the fields of immigration and family literature. The authors bring wisdom, empathy, and clarity to the complex political, economic, legal, sociological, and gendered forces shaping immigrant families' lives."Carola Suárez-Orozco, UCLA"In Immigrant Families, Menjivar, Abrego , and Schmalzbauer give us an excellent analysis of the factors that shape migration and family formation. They bring into focus how changing immigration laws, class, deportation practices, gender, and generation in the United States interact in the lives of immigrant families. With immigration sure to be an important part of life well into the future, Immigrant Families provides a wealth of information and analysis for a concerned public, policy-makers and students."Leo Chavez, University of California IrvineTable of ContentsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Families and Immigration LawChapter 3: Immigrant Families and Social ClassChapter 4: Gender and Immigrant FamiliesChapter 5: Generations and Immigrant FamiliesChapter 6: Institutions, Policy, and Immigrant FamiliesChapter 7: ConclusionReferencesNotes
£17.09
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Gender and Migration
Book SynopsisGender roles, relations, and ideologies are major aspects of migration. This timely book argues that understanding gender relations is vital to a full and more nuanced explanation of both the causes and the consequences of migration, in the past and at present.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Engendering the Study of ImmigrationChapter One: The Gendered Demography of U.S. Immigration HistoryChapter Two: The Gendering of Law, Policy, Citizenship, and Political PracticeChapter Three: Gendered Labor MarketsChapter Four: Gender and the Immigrant FamilyConcluding Thoughts: A Gendered Theory of Migration
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Immigration and the City
Book SynopsisThe majority of immigrants settle in cities when they arrive, and few can deny the dynamic influence migration has on cities. However, a one-size-fits-all approach cannot describe the activities and settlement patterns of immigrants in contemporary cities.Trade Review"Fong and Berry examine immigrants in the United States and Canada to give us a sweeping overview of the diverse experiences of immigrants in cities, mapping the ways immigrants shape the contours of cities and cities define immigrant experiences. This book is a necessary resource to anyone interested in immigration and urban studies."—Rhacel Salazar Parrenas, University of Southern California "Immigration and the City provides an illuminating and comprehensive portrait of how immigrants are being incorporated in cities in the United States and Canada, and how the immigrants and their children are, in turn, transforming the urban landscape in these two countries. The book offers a strong theoretical base from which to understand these processes and the social and economic forces that shape them."—John Iceland, Penn State University "The book forms a good and concise overview for those who are new to the field [and] is very useful in courses on Immigration and the City."—Journal of Housing and the Built EnvironmentTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Residential Patterns of Immigrants in Cities Chapter 3: Housing Attainment, Ownership, and the Immigrant Experience in Global Cities Chapter 4: Immigration and Ethnic Community Chapter 5: Immigrant Business and Ethnic EconomiesChapter 6: Immigrants and the Foodscapes, Playscapes, and the Landscapes of Global Cities Chapter 7: Time Use among Immigrants: A Window to Acculturation into a New Society Chapter 8: Conclusions References Index
£45.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Immigration and the City
Book SynopsisThe majority of immigrants settle in cities when they arrive, and few can deny the dynamic influence migration has on cities. However, a one-size-fits-all approach cannot describe the activities and settlement patterns of immigrants in contemporary cities.Trade Review"Fong and Berry examine immigrants in the United States and Canada to give us a sweeping overview of the diverse experiences of immigrants in cities, mapping the ways immigrants shape the contours of cities and cities define immigrant experiences. This book is a necessary resource to anyone interested in immigration and urban studies."—Rhacel Salazar Parrenas, University of Southern California "Immigration and the City provides an illuminating and comprehensive portrait of how immigrants are being incorporated in cities in the United States and Canada, and how the immigrants and their children are, in turn, transforming the urban landscape in these two countries. The book offers a strong theoretical base from which to understand these processes and the social and economic forces that shape them."—John Iceland, Penn State University "The book forms a good and concise overview for those who are new to the field [and] is very useful in courses on Immigration and the City."—Journal of Housing and the Built EnvironmentTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Residential Patterns of Immigrants in Cities Chapter 3: Housing Attainment, Ownership, and the Immigrant Experience in Global Cities Chapter 4: Immigration and Ethnic Community Chapter 5: Immigrant Business and Ethnic Economies Chapter 6: Immigrants and the Foodscapes, Playscapes, and the Landscapes of Global Cities Chapter 7: Time Use among Immigrants: A Window to Acculturation into a New Society Chapter 8: Conclusions References Index
£15.19
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Borderlands
Book SynopsisThe images of migrants and refugees arriving in precarious boats on the shores of southern Europe, and of the makeshift camps that have sprung up in Lesbos, Lampedusa, Calais and elsewhere, have become familiar sights on television screens around the world. But what do we know about the border places ? these liminal zones between countries and continents ? that have become the focus of so much attention and anxiety today, and what do we know about the individuals who occupy these places? In this timely book, anthropologist Michel Agier addresses these questions and examines the character of the borderlands that emerge on the margins of nation-states. Drawing on his ethnographic fieldwork, he shows that borders, far from disappearing, have acquired a new kind of centrality in our societies, becoming reference points for the growing numbers of people who do not find a place in the countries they wish to reach. They have become the site for a new kind of subject, the bordTrade Review�In Borderlands, Michel Agier epitomizes what makes his standing unique in contemporary research: nothing less than the creation of a whole disciplinary field, empirical and theoretical, of urgent importance for our tragic present, the general anthropology of the displaced human in its multiple figures and locations, reversing traditional assessments of mobility and settlement, identity and strangeness, borders and neighbourhoods. He provides the missing link between the cosmopolitisms of yesterday and those we need for tomorrow.� Étienne Balibar, Université de Paris X NanterreTable of Contents Contents Introduction: The Migrant, the Border and the World Blocked at the border Indifference and solidarities Borders and walls Borderlands and their inhabitants: a banal cosmopolitism Part I: Decentring the World Chapter 1. The Elementary Forms of the Border The border as centre of reflection Temporal, social and spatial dimensions of the border ritual Community and locality: the border as social fact The sacred space in Salvador de Bahia The symbolic construction of the border An anthropology of/in the border Founding, naming, limiting Borderlands as uncertain places: Tocqueville at Saginaw Interval time: carnivals and deceleration Everything that the border is the place of Borders and identity Border situations and liminality Chapter 2. The World as ‘Problem’ War at the borders Is the world a problem? Cosmopolitical reality and realpolitik Economic globalization and the weakening of nation-states Landscapes, routes and networks: the shape of the world Violence at the border: the outside of the nation The ‘border police’, or what remains of nation-states The fiction of ‘national indigeneity’ and its naturalization Expulsions trace the boundary of national identity Humanitarian spaces as partial delocalization of sovereignty Walls of war Colonial war, war on migrants Questions about the ‘desire for walls’ Chapter 3. Border Dwellers and Borderlands: Studies of banal cosmopolitism The border dwellers: figures and places of relative foreignness Wandering as adventure and the border encampment Becoming a pariah and living in a camp Four ‘métèques’, and the squat as border The foreigner in his labyrinth, or the tiers-instruit Being-in-the-world on the border: a new cosmopolitan condition An ordinary cosmopolitism Part Two: The Decentred Subject Chapter 4. Questions of Method: Decentring Reconsidered Today A critical moment: the contemporary turn in anthropology The end of the ‘Great Divide’ From ethnic group to ethnic identities Identity-based essentialisms and ontologies Decentring reconceived Beyond cultural decentring The construction of epistemological decentring Political decentring. The question of the other-as-subject A contemporary and situational anthropology WYSIWYG: what you see is what there is The contribution of situational anthropology Chapter 5. Civilization, Culture, Race: Three Explorations in Identity Civilization as hyper-border: mirrors of Africa The 1950s: ‘One civilization accused by another!’ 1980s and 1990s: deconstructions, reinventions A global and diffuse African presence The migration of spirits: mobilities and identity-based cultures The devil, the priest and black culture (Colombian Pacific) The Tunda as urban monster (Charco Azul, Cali) Borders and temporalities of identity-based cultures Race and racism: how can one be black? Republic and racial thought in France Brazil: from ‘racial democracy’ to ‘multicultural nation’ Citizenship without identity Escaping the identity trap Chapter 6. Logics and Politics of the Subject An anthropology of the subject From person to individual: ethnology and sociology From subjectification to subjects: anthropology and philosophy The subject in situation: an ethnographic proposal The decentred subject: three situational analyses The ritual subject, or the subject as duplication of self and world The aesthetic subject, or the care of self and the subject as author The political subject, or the subject as a demand for citizenship Moments and politics of the other-subject Conclusion: Towards an Anthropology of the Cosmopolitan Condition Notes Index
£45.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Borderlands
Book SynopsisThe images of migrants and refugees arriving in precarious boats on the shores of southern Europe, and of the makeshift camps that have sprung up in Lesbos, Lampedusa, Calais and elsewhere, have become familiar sights on television screens around the world. But what do we know about the border places ? these liminal zones between countries and continents ? that have become the focus of so much attention and anxiety today, and what do we know about the individuals who occupy these places? In this timely book, anthropologist Michel Agier addresses these questions and examines the character of the borderlands that emerge on the margins of nation-states. Drawing on his ethnographic fieldwork, he shows that borders, far from disappearing, have acquired a new kind of centrality in our societies, becoming reference points for the growing numbers of people who do not find a place in the countries they wish to reach. They have become the site for a new kind of subject, the bordTrade Review�In Borderlands, Michel Agier epitomizes what makes his standing unique in contemporary research: nothing less than the creation of a whole disciplinary field, empirical and theoretical, of urgent importance for our tragic present, the general anthropology of the displaced human in its multiple figures and locations, reversing traditional assessments of mobility and settlement, identity and strangeness, borders and neighbourhoods. He provides the missing link between the cosmopolitisms of yesterday and those we need for tomorrow.� Étienne Balibar, Université de Paris X NanterreTable of Contents Contents Introduction: The Migrant, the Border and the World Blocked at the border Indifference and solidarities Borders and walls Borderlands and their inhabitants: a banal cosmopolitism Part I: Decentring the World Chapter 1. The Elementary Forms of the Border The border as centre of reflection Temporal, social and spatial dimensions of the border ritual Community and locality: the border as social fact The sacred space in Salvador de Bahia The symbolic construction of the border An anthropology of/in the border Founding, naming, limiting Borderlands as uncertain places: Tocqueville at Saginaw Interval time: carnivals and deceleration Everything that the border is the place of Borders and identity Border situations and liminality Chapter 2. The World as ‘Problem’ War at the borders Is the world a problem? Cosmopolitical reality and realpolitik Economic globalization and the weakening of nation-states Landscapes, routes and networks: the shape of the world Violence at the border: the outside of the nation The ‘border police’, or what remains of nation-states The fiction of ‘national indigeneity’ and its naturalization Expulsions trace the boundary of national identity Humanitarian spaces as partial delocalization of sovereignty Walls of war Colonial war, war on migrants Questions about the ‘desire for walls’ Chapter 3. Border Dwellers and Borderlands: Studies of banal cosmopolitism The border dwellers: figures and places of relative foreignness Wandering as adventure and the border encampment Becoming a pariah and living in a camp Four ‘métèques’, and the squat as border The foreigner in his labyrinth, or the tiers-instruit Being-in-the-world on the border: a new cosmopolitan condition An ordinary cosmopolitism Part Two: The Decentred Subject Chapter 4. Questions of Method: Decentring Reconsidered Today A critical moment: the contemporary turn in anthropology The end of the ‘Great Divide’ From ethnic group to ethnic identities Identity-based essentialisms and ontologies Decentring reconceived Beyond cultural decentring The construction of epistemological decentring Political decentring. The question of the other-as-subject A contemporary and situational anthropology WYSIWYG: what you see is what there is The contribution of situational anthropology Chapter 5. Civilization, Culture, Race: Three Explorations in Identity Civilization as hyper-border: mirrors of Africa The 1950s: ‘One civilization accused by another!’ 1980s and 1990s: deconstructions, reinventions A global and diffuse African presence The migration of spirits: mobilities and identity-based cultures The devil, the priest and black culture (Colombian Pacific) The Tunda as urban monster (Charco Azul, Cali) Borders and temporalities of identity-based cultures Race and racism: how can one be black? Republic and racial thought in France Brazil: from ‘racial democracy’ to ‘multicultural nation’ Citizenship without identity Escaping the identity trap Chapter 6. Logics and Politics of the Subject An anthropology of the subject From person to individual: ethnology and sociology From subjectification to subjects: anthropology and philosophy The subject in situation: an ethnographic proposal The decentred subject: three situational analyses The ritual subject, or the subject as duplication of self and world The aesthetic subject, or the care of self and the subject as author The political subject, or the subject as a demand for citizenship Moments and politics of the other-subject Conclusion: Towards an Anthropology of the Cosmopolitan Condition Notes Index
£16.14
John Wiley & Sons Emigrant Worlds and Transatlantic Communities
Book SynopsisGives voice to the Irish, Scottish, English, and Welsh women and men who negotiated the complex and often dangerous world of emigration between 1815 and 1845. Using "information wanted" notices that appeared in colonial newspapers as well as emigrants' own accounts, this work illustrates that emigration was a family affair.Trade Review"Firmly grounded in the journals, diaries, and letters of emigrants who sailed from Britain and Ireland for Upper Canada between 1815 and 1845, Emigrant Worlds and Transatlantic Communities is a marvellously empathetic account of the emigrant experience." Catharine Wilson, University of Guelph
£26.99
McGill-Queen's University Press Passage to Promise Land Voices of Chinese
Book SynopsisHow the Chinese community became an indispensable part of multicultural Canada.Trade Review"This remarkable work gives voice to women who defied the odds to wrestle ownership of their own lives and provide their children with an education. They remind us that the multicultural mosaic of Canada must be built on an understanding of cultural differences and on leveraging the richness of talents that diversity brings." Anna Wu, member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
£32.40
McGill-Queen's University Press Contract Workers Risk and the War in Iraq
Book SynopsisUnderstanding why low-skilled workers in developing countries migrated to Iraq to support the US War on Terror.Trade Review"This book will no doubt stimulate further sociological research in many ways. It is elegantly composed, informatively written, and carefully argued. Moreover, Thomas cautiously and courageously addresses both urgent social issues and the previous research used in the analysis." American Journal of Sociology“Through a meticulous and cohesive mixture of migrants’ perspectives, empirical evidence, theoretical grounding, and policy recommendations, Contract Workers, Risk, and the War in Iraq presents a thoughtful discussion on labor migration that adds tremendously to the fields of public policy, political science, international relations, and African studies.” Abdul Karim Bangura, American University"Throughout his text, Thomas skillfully weaves together a myriad of methodologies and ideologies from disparate disciplines to critically analyze the contemporary phenomenon of Sierra Leonean labor migration to a conflict zone. Perhaps most significantly, Thomas's study bears the question of the role and responsibility of the American military in developing and enforcing policies for the fair recruitment, treatment, and protection of laborers, particularly in high-risk situations, where it is increasingly employing migratory contract workers. The contemporary cost of waging war needs to better account for the assumption of risk by migrant laborers, who increasingly find themselves employed in places where few others dare to go." H-War"Contract Workers, Risk, and the War in Iraq is a significant contribution to scholarship on military contracting and raises important questions about high-risk migration into warzones." International Migration Review"Thomas's exploration of race, in particular in looking at dynamics between African migrants and African-American soldiers, is rich and could be a study in and of itself. The processes and products of return migration that Thomas interrogates, specificall"Thomas' account of contract workers in Iraq provides detailed and first-hand insights from contract workers on military bases that will help to inform wider sociological work investigating the nature of contract work in the 21st century in all its forms.
£27.90
John Wiley & Sons Mad Flight
Book SynopsisHow migrants from Quebec ended up stranded on São Paulo’s coffee plantations in the 1890s.Trade Review"A fascinating study of the ethnic and social history of late nineteenth-century Quebec and what drove people to migrate, as well as a significant and welcome addition to the social history of free labour and the coffee plantation system in São Paulo." Oliver Marshall, King's College London and the author of English, Irish, and Irish-American Pioneer Settlers in Nineteenth-Century Brazil"This little-known story deserves to be told and John Zucchi's hypothesis of 'mad flight' is intriguing and innovative in the Canadian context." Yves Frenette, Université de Saint-Boniface"John Zucchi has unearthed the fascinating story of a group of almost 500 Canadians (or residents of Canada) who decided in 1896 to accept recruiters' offers to emigrate as agricultural workers to the state of São Paulo, Brazil ... Revealing a mostly forgotten link between Canada and Brazil, Mad Flight is of immense value." Canadian Historical Review
£25.19
McGill-Queen's University Press Seeding Buddhism with Multiculturalism
Book SynopsisHow Buddhist immigrants in Toronto transmit their teachings and traditions to the next generation.Trade Review"Seeding Buddhism with Multiculturalism offers an incredible amount of valuable, useful information that adds considerably to previous scholarship, enhancing the understanding of Buddhism in Canada in new and significant ways." Charles S. Prebish, Pennsylvania State University
£27.90
John Wiley & Sons The Transcultural Streams of Chinese Canadian Identities
Book SynopsisInvestigating the conditions that shape Chinese Canadian identities from various historical, social, and literary perspectives.Trade Review"Unlike conventional postcolonialist approaches to the issue of migration, which tend to represent the immigrant within the sphere of the host country only as the person in exile, the subject of displacement, or the so-called Other, The Transcultural Streams of Chinese Canadian Identities represents Chinese Canadian immigrants as a socially privileged group in their home country despite their marginalization in Canada." Leilei Chen, University of Alberta
£26.59
McGill-Queen's University Press From Righteousness to Far Right
Book SynopsisAn innovative ethnography of refugee resettlement in Sweden.Trade Review"Through a compelling analysis, Mc Cluskey demonstrates how central the day-to-day practices of everyday people are to understanding the emergence of big phenomena like the global rise of the far right, moving away from a focus on ideology or high politics." E-International Relations"This book provides a basic introduction to the field of critical security studies and would be a great text for individuals who are new to the Scandinavian region and the world of Far Right language." H-Net
£27.90
University of British Columbia Press The Chinese in Vancouver 194580 The Pursuit of
Book SynopsisWing Chung Ng captures the fascinating story of the city's Chinese in their search for identity.Trade ReviewNg’s analysis allows for a poignant human dimension to frame the inevitable passing of the old-timers’ generation, and also explains why these organizations continues to exist ... This book is a welcome addition to studies of the Chinese in Vancouver, as this community continues to thrive on Canada’s west coast. -- Paul Yee * British Columbia Historical News *Theoretically informed, concise, and solidly documented, Ng’s work is not just about the turbulent and fascinating history of Vancouver’s Chinese community. It also shows just how much the Chinese had to say and to debate among themselves about who and what defined them and their community as Chinese. -- Gary Watson * CBRA 4193 *... this detailed account includes considerable information on acculturation, socio-economic status, community activities both social and business, and problems associated with race... Writing is clear, organization coherent, details richly documented and gently tied to prior history of mainland China so the book has special value to historians. * Psychological Reports *Table of Contents1 Introduction2 Early Settlement and the Contours of Identity3 Renewed Immigration and Cultural Redefinition4 Local-Born Chinese and the Challenge to an Immigrant Discourse5 Old-Timers, Public Rituals, and the Resilience of Traditional Organizations6 Negotiating Identities between Two Worlds, 1945-707 Constructing Chineseness in the Multicultural Arena8 Beyond a ConclusionGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex
£73.95
University of British Columbia Press The Chinese in Vancouver 194580
Book SynopsisIn The Chinese in Vancouver, Wing Chung Ng captures the fascinating story of the city's Chinese in their search for identity. He juxtaposes the cultural positions of different generations of Chinese immigrants and their Canadian-born descendants and unveils the ongoing struggle over the definition of being Chinese. It is an engrossing story about cultural identity in the context of migration and settlement, where the influence of the native land and the appeal of the host city continued to impinge on the consciousness of the ethnic Chinese.The Chinese in Canada is long overdue in view of the many previous studies that tend to describe Chinese people as victims of racial prejudice and discrimination and Chinese identity a matter of Western cultural hegemony. Ng's account gives the Chinese people their own voice and shows that the Chinese in Vancouver had much to say and often disagreed about the meaning of being Chinese.In his concluding chapter, Ng looks beyonTrade ReviewNg’s analysis allows for a poignant human dimension to frame the inevitable passing of the old-timers’ generation, and also explains why these organizations continues to exist ... This book is a welcome addition to studies of the Chinese in Vancouver, as this community continues to thrive on Canada’s west coast. -- Paul Yee * British Columbia Historical News *Theoretically informed, concise, and solidly documented, Ng’s work is not just about the turbulent and fascinating history of Vancouver’s Chinese community. It also shows just how much the Chinese had to say and to debate among themselves about who and what defined them and their community as Chinese. -- Gary Watson * CBRA 4193 *... this detailed account includes considerable information on acculturation, socio-economic status, community activities both social and business, and problems associated with race... Writing is clear, organization coherent, details richly documented and gently tied to prior history of mainland China so the book has special value to historians. * Psychological Reports *Table of Contents1 Introduction2 Early Settlement and the Contours of Identity3 Renewed Immigration and Cultural Redefinition4 Local-Born Chinese and the Challenge to an Immigrant Discourse5 Old-Timers, Public Rituals, and the Resilience of Traditional Organizations6 Negotiating Identities between Two Worlds, 1945-707 Constructing Chineseness in the Multicultural Arena8 Beyond a ConclusionGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex
£26.99
