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  • Cambridge University Press Redefining Development

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  • Cambridge University Press States of Ignorance

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  • Cambridge University Press The New Immigration Challenge

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  • Cambridge University Press Politics of the North Korean Diaspora

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  • Cambridge University Press Coming to Terms with the European Refugee Crisis

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    Book SynopsisExamines how the European Union and its member states managed the 201516 refugee crisis and how the institutional configuration of the EU polity shaped its response. Will appeal to readers interested in the European integration process and migration policy. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.Trade Review'Easily the most comprehensive empirical study of the politics of the European refugee crisis. This book's 'political process analysis' is exemplary in linking the domestic and EU levels of policymaking and offers a superb template for studying crisis politics. Essential reading to understand one of the EU's deepest and most intractable crises!' Frank Schimmelfennig, Professor of European Politics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland'An insightful and holistic account of the 2015–16 refugee crisis. The inspiring use of mixed quantitative and qualitative methods offers a unique narrative of key policymaking episodes and their long-term effects for European integration.' Ariadna Ripoll Servent, Professor for Politics of the European Union, University of Salzburg, Austria'Using an innovative method, Kriesi et al. provide one of the most comprehensive and insightful studies of the 2015–16 refugee crisis. A must-read for those interested in EU crisis politics and migration politics alike.' Natascha Zaun, Professor in Public Policy and Law, Leuphana University Lüneburg, GermanyTable of ContentsPart I. The Refugee Crisis in the EU and its Member States: Our Approach in Context: 1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical framework; 3. Design of the study; 4. Crisis situation – policy heritage, problem pressure and political pressure; 5. The variety of policy responses at the EU- and national level; Part II. Policy-Making: Actors and Conflict Structures: 6: Conflict lines in the member states; 7. Actors and conflicts at the EU level; 8. Government composition and domestic conflicts; 9. Framing the refugee crisis on the right; Part III. The Dynamics of Policy-Making: 10. The drivers of elite support in the refugee crisis; 11. Dynamics of politicization of policy-making between polity levels; 12. Dynamics of policy-making in the EU-Turkey agreement; Part IV. Outcomes and Conclusion: 13. Policy-specific conflict configurations on the demand side; 14. The electoral consequences of the refugee crisis; 15. Conclusion; References.

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  • Cambridge University Press Coming to Terms with the European Refugee Crisis

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  • Cambridge University Press The Politics of CrossBorder Mobility in Southeast Asia

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  • Cambridge University Press Unsettled Subjects

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  • Cambridge University Press Diasporic StateBuilding

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  • Cambridge University Press The Best Are Leaving

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    Book SynopsisClair Wills's The Best Are Leaving is an important and wide-ranging study of representations of Irish emigrant culture and of Irish immigrants in Britain in post-war Europe. It analyses stereotypes of the Irish across a range of discourses, including official documents; sociological texts; documentary fiction and memoir; and Irish realist fiction, drama, and film.Trade Review'Sharp and illuminating … [Wills'] study is deeply impressive in the scope of its learning and the range of its sympathies.' Sunday Business Post'A fine study of an absorbing subject.' Irish Mail on Sunday'… Wills has written a thoughtful, open-minded and lucid book that shows that the 'great silence' which enveloped commentary on the Irish language in independent Ireland often characterized the emigrant experience too. One of the most moving and beautiful aspects of this compelling narrative is Wills's account of her own mother and of her attempts to negotiate for her family between two exacting cultures. She succeeded magnificently - and one outcome is this valuable and necessary book.' Breac'[This] book … brings to the forefront an often overlooked era in twentieth-century Irish culture … [the author shows us] that this period of departure and radical social change deserves the same rigorous engagement that so frequently attends to global political concerns and earlier twentieth-century periods in Ireland … Wills' focus brings insight and originality born from top-notch research throughout the book.' Maria McGarrity, Irish Literary SupplementTable of Contents1. The best are leaving: fitness, marriage, and the crisis of the national family; 2. Pink witch: women, modernity, and urbanisation; 3. British paddies: realism and the Irish immigrant; 4. The vanishing Irish: assimilation, ethnicisation, and literary caricature; 5. Clay is the flesh: looking at manual labour.

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  • Cambridge University Press The Making of Japanese Settler Colonialism

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    Book SynopsisThis innovative study demonstrates how Japanese empire-builders invented and appropriated the discourse of overpopulation to justify Japanese settler colonialism across the Pacific. Lu defines this overpopulation discourse as ''Malthusian expansionism''. This was a set of ideas that demanded additional land abroad to accommodate the supposed surplus people in domestic society on the one hand and emphasized the necessity of national population growth on the other. Lu delineates ideological ties, human connections and institutional continuities between Japanese colonial migration in Asia and Japanese migration to Hawaii and North and South America from 1868 to 1961. He further places Malthusian expansionism at the center of the logic of modern settler colonialism, challenging the conceptual division between migration and settler colonialism in global history. This title is also available as Open Access.Trade Review'Brilliantly researched and conceptually sophisticated, this book offers a new interpretation of Malthusianism and will have a huge impact on the way we think about Japanese migration while complicating the divide between studies of the Japanese empire and Japanese immigration to the US, Hawaii, Latin America and other locations in Asia-Pacific.' Takashi Fujitani, University of Toronto'The Making of Japanese Settler Colonialism offers a bold new synthesis of the histories of Japanese imperialism and diaspora. It shows vividly how Japanese ideologues from the late nineteenth century straight through until after World War II were driven by anxieties about overpopulation and by the ideology of race competition.' Jordan Sand, Georgetown University, Washington DC'Sidney Lu's wonderful new book delves into the history of Japanese migration and its relation to the quest for power on the world stage. It's the story of a nation's fixation with overpopulation: how Malthusianism gained traction in the 1860s and why it flamed out in the 1950s. This is an important addition to the literature on Japanese empire and settler colonialism.' Louise Young, University of Wisconsin, Madison'Lu (Michigan State Univ.) presents a well-written, innovative study of how Japanese empire builders invented and promoted the discourse of overpopulation to justify Japanese settler colonialism across the Pacific between the early Meiji and post-WW II periods … Including stories from Japanese who participated in this movement to the far corners of the Pacific Rim, this book is highly recommended for anyone interested in modern Japanese history and transnational colonialism.' M. D. Ericson, Choice'I recommend without reserve to scholars and students of Japanese imperial expansionism and trans-Pacific migration, as well as any reader interested in the history and policies of modern Japan.' Hugues Canuel, Global Maritime History'As Lu's erudite book reveals, the shift in colonial imaginations expressed in the characters offers a distinctively Japanese inflection to theoretical understandings of colonial migration-one that is best understood in its transpacific manifestations.' Martin Dusinberre, Project MuseTable of ContentsIntroduction: Malthusian expansion and settler colonialism; Part I. Emergence, 1868–1894: 1. From Hokkaido to California: the birth of Malthusian expansionism in modern Japan; 2. Population and racial struggle: the South Seas, Hawaiʻi, and Latin America; Part II. Transformation, 1894–1924: 3. Commoners of empire: labor migration to the United States; 4. Farming rice in Texas: the paradigm shift; 5. 'Carrying the white man's burden': the rise of farmer migration to Brazil; Part III. Culmination, 1924–1945: 6. Making the migration state: Malthusian expansionism and agrarianism; 7. The illusion of coexistence and coprosperity: settler colonialism in Brazil and Manchuria; Part IV. Resurgence, 1945–1961: 8. The birth of a 'small' Japan: postwar migration to South America; Conclusion: rethinking migration and settler colonialism in the modern world.

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  • Cambridge University Press Welfare Nationalism in Europe and Russia

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    Book SynopsisA unique study of 21st century migration politics across West and East Europe and Russia. Linda Cook compares contemporary refugee and labor migrations to Europe and Russia, including MENA and Ukrainian refugee migrations to Europe, and shows that there are exclusionary and inclusionary migration cycles in both regions.

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  • Cambridge University Press Welfare Nationalism in Europe and Russia

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    Book SynopsisA unique study of 21st century migration politics across West and East Europe and Russia. Linda Cook compares contemporary refugee and labor migrations to Europe and Russia, including MENA and Ukrainian refugee migrations to Europe, and shows that there are exclusionary and inclusionary migration cycles in both regions.

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  • Cambridge University Press The Comparative Politics of Immigration

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    Book SynopsisMany governments face similar pressures surrounding the hotly debated topic of immigration. Yet, the disparate ways in which policy makers respond is striking. The Comparative Politics of Immigration explains why democratic governments adopt the immigration policies they do. Through an in-depth study of immigration politics in Germany, Canada, Switzerland, and the United States, Antje Ellermann examines the development of immigration policy from the postwar era to the present. The book presents a new theory of immigration policymaking grounded in the political insulation of policy makers. Three types of insulation shape the translation of immigration preference into policy: popular insulation from demands of the unorganized public, interest group insulation from the claims of organized lobbies, and diplomatic insulation from the lobbying of immigrant-sending states. Addressing the nuances in immigration reforms, Ellermann analyzes both institutional factors and policy actors'' strategiTrade Review'With a sophisticated research design and deep knowledge of immigration politics across a range of liberal democracies, Antje Ellermann offers us a powerful explanation of why countries open and close their borders over time. The Comparative Politics of Immigration will be an instant classic in the field and a touchstone for anyone seeking to understand the complexities of immigration policy.' James F. Hollifield, Tower Center, SMU'I know of no book that more compellingly demonstrates the importance of political structures for explaining why some countries end up with liberal and others with restrictive immigration policies. Known for her brilliant previous book on deportations, Antje Ellermann is one of the leading political scientists studying immigration today.' Christian Joppke, University of Bern'The Comparative Politics of Immigration is the most intellectually satisfying analysis of immigration politics and policymaking available. Antje Ellermann masterfully combines high level theorizing, meticulous empirical research, and careful comparison to help us understand why contemporary liberal-democratic states have pursued such differing immigration policies despite facing similar challenges. A seminal work by an outstanding scholar.' Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos, University of Toronto'One of the book's greatest strengths is the clarity with which Ellermann presents a wide range of policy options in her case studies. She provides a nuanced analysis of immigration politics and policymaking that moves beyond the traditional approaches of immigration policies. Her focus on the policy dynamics is sustained by compelling arguments for each country examined.' Ariane Chebel D'Appollonia, Political Science QuarterlyTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Theorizing immigration policy: veto points and the insulation logics of policy arenas; 3. The making of Swiss immigration policy: explaining permanent and temporary economic admissions; 4. The making of German immigration policy: explaining permanent and temporary economic admissions; 5. The making of Canadian immigration policy: explaining economic and family admissions; 6. The making of U.S. immigration policy: explaining economic and family admissions; 7. Conclusion

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  • Cambridge University Press Chinese Diasporas

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    Chinese Diasporas provides a concise and compelling new history of internal and external Chinese migration from the sixteenth century to the present day. Steven B. Miles places Chinese migrants and their families at the center of his narrative through a series of engaging case studies taking readers from the heart of Ming China to the global property markets of the twenty-first century. The focus on individual migrants and their descendants reveals the ways in which the ''Chinese diaspora'' has consisted of distinct paths of migration from specific emigrant communities to targeted destinations both within China and abroad. This is essential reading for those interested in the history of the Chinese diaspora and the overseas Chinese, and for those interested in the role of migration in the making of the modern world.

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  • The Closing of the American Border

    HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Closing of the American Border

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  • The Book of Rosy

    HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Book of Rosy

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    Book SynopsisTo her horror Rosy discovered that her flight to safety had only just begun.In The Book of Rosy, with an unprecedented level of sharp detail and soulful intimacy, Rosy tells her story, aided by Julie Schwietert Collazo, founder of Immigrant Families Together, the grassroots organization that reunites mothers and children.Trade Review“[The] haunting and eloquent…narrative of a Guatemalan woman's desperate search for a better life." — Kirkus (STARRED Review) “A must read. Gripping, beautiful, heartbreaking and life-affirming. This intimate tale of one woman's journey across the border shines a light on the circumstances that have led thousands of women to risk all in order to give their children a safer, better life. It's a testament to the compassion of strangers and that in these troubled times, storytelling still has the power to increase our empathy and understanding. Reading this book will change you for the better.” — J. Courtney Sullivan, New York Times bestselling author of Saints for All Occasions “A deeply moving and very important book that tells the human story behind the tragedy of Central Americans seeking asylum in the US. This testament to the power of family, faith and community in the face of inhumane policies is gripping and eloquently and powerfully written. It ought to be read by everyone who claims to be an American. It ought to be read by everyone who is a citizen of the world.” — John Perkins, New York Times bestselling Author of Confessions of an Economic Hitman and Touching the Jaguar “I am forever astonished by Rosayra, for her unbelievable strength to share this story with us, while still healing from its traumas and fighting for asylum. The Book of Rosy is a brave recording of one of America's most shameful moments.” — Christopher Soto, author of Sad Girl Poems “This memoir is a handbook for everyday activism.” — Shondaland “[I]nspiring and hopeful, The Book of Rosy offers an intimately detailed and personal account of two mothers’ determination and strength…A powerful, emotional perspective that demonstrates how one family’s immigrant experience can transcend inflicted pain and trauma in order to become an example of abundant generosity and love.” — Shelf Awareness “Offers an unflinching look at conditions in U.S. detention centers and a sobering reminder of the power of policy to change lives” — Booklist

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  • The Book of Rosy

    HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Book of Rosy

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    Book Synopsis-Kirkus, STARRED ReviewPEOPLE Magazine Best Books of Summer 2020TIME Magazine Best Books of Summer 2020 PARADE Best Books of Summer 2020 Compelling and urgently important, The Book of Rosy is the unforgettable story of one brave mother and her fight to save her family.Trade Review“[The] haunting and eloquent…narrative of a Guatemalan woman's desperate search for a better life." — Kirkus (STARRED Review) “A must read. Gripping, beautiful, heartbreaking and life-affirming. This intimate tale of one woman's journey across the border shines a light on the circumstances that have led thousands of women to risk all in order to give their children a safer, better life. It's a testament to the compassion of strangers and that in these troubled times, storytelling still has the power to increase our empathy and understanding. Reading this book will change you for the better.” — J. Courtney Sullivan, New York Times bestselling author of Saints for All Occasions “A deeply moving and very important book that tells the human story behind the tragedy of Central Americans seeking asylum in the US. This testament to the power of family, faith and community in the face of inhumane policies is gripping and eloquently and powerfully written. It ought to be read by everyone who claims to be an American. It ought to be read by everyone who is a citizen of the world.” — John Perkins, New York Times bestselling Author of Confessions of an Economic Hitman and Touching the Jaguar “I am forever astonished by Rosayra, for her unbelievable strength to share this story with us, while still healing from its traumas and fighting for asylum. The Book of Rosy is a brave recording of one of America's most shameful moments.” — Christopher Soto, author of Sad Girl Poems “This memoir is a handbook for everyday activism.” — Shondaland “[I]nspiring and hopeful, The Book of Rosy offers an intimately detailed and personal account of two mothers’ determination and strength…A powerful, emotional perspective that demonstrates how one family’s immigrant experience can transcend inflicted pain and trauma in order to become an example of abundant generosity and love.” — Shelf Awareness “Offers an unflinching look at conditions in U.S. detention centers and a sobering reminder of the power of policy to change lives” — Booklist

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  • Alien Nation 36 True Tales of Immigration

    HarperCollins Publishers Inc Alien Nation 36 True Tales of Immigration

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  • Finding Manana

    Penguin Putnam Inc Finding Manana

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    Book SynopsisA vibrant, moving memoir of prizewinning journalist and New York Times reporter Mirta Ojito and her departure from Cuba in the Mariel boatlift—an enduring story of a family caught up in the tumultuous politics of the twentieth century.Mirta Ojito was one teenager among more than a hundred thousand fellow refugees who traveled to Miami during the unprecedented events of the Mariel boatlift. Growing up, Ojito was eager to fit in and join Castro’s Young Pioneers, but as she grew older and began to understand the darker side of the Cuban revolution, she and her family began to aspire to a safer, happier life. When Castro opened Cuba’s borders for those who wanted to leave, her family was more than ready to go: they had been waiting for the opportunity for twenty years. Now an acclaimed reporter, Ojito tells her story and reckons with her past with all of the determination and intelligence—and the will to confront darkness

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  • A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves

    Penguin Putnam Inc A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves

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  • University of Chicago Press Mexican Immigration to the United States NBER

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    Book SynopsisFrom debates on Capitol Hill to the popular media, Mexican immigrants are the subject of widespread controversy. This volume provides a historical context for Mexican immigration to the United States and reports findings on an immigrant influx. It is intended for those concerned about social conditions and economic opportunities in both countries.

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  • The University of Chicago Press Affective Circuits African Migrations to Europe

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    Book SynopsisThe influx of African migrants into Europe in recent years has raised important issues about changing labor economies, new technologies of border control, and the effects of armed conflict. But attention to such broad questions often obscures a fundamental fact of migration: its effects on ordinary life. Affective Circuits brings together essays by an international group of well-known anthropologists to place the migrant family front and center. Moving between Africa and Europe, the book explores the many ways migrants sustain and rework family ties and intimate relationships at home and abroad. It demonstrates how their quotidian efforts on such a mass scale contribute to a broader process of social regeneration. The contributors point to the intersecting streams of goods, people, ideas, and money as they circulate between African migrants and their kin who remain back home. They also show the complex ways that emotions become entangled in these exchanges. Examining how these circui

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  • The University of Chicago Press Pathways of Desire

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    Book SynopsisWith Pathways of Desire, Hector Carrillo brings us into the lives of Mexican gay men who have left their home country to pursue greater sexual autonomy and sexual freedom in the United States. The groundbreaking ethnography brings our attention to the full arc of these men's migration experiences, from their upbringing in Mexican cities and towns, to their cross-border journeys, to their incorporation into urban gay communities in American cities, and their sexual and romantic relationships with American men. These men's diverse and fascinating stories demonstrate the intertwining of sexual, economic, and familial motivations for migration. Further, Carrillo shows that sexual globalization must be regarded as a bidirectional, albeit uneven, process of exchange between countries in the global north and the global south. With this approach, Carrillo challenges the view that gay men from countries like Mexico would logically want to migrate to a more sexually enlightened country like the United States a partial and limited understanding, given the dynamic character of sexuality in countries such as Mexico, which are becoming more accepting of sexual diversity. Pathways of Desire also provides a helpful analytical framework for the simultaneous consideration of structural and cultural factors in social scientific studies of sexuality. Carrillo explains the patterns of cross-cultural interaction that sexual migration generates and at the most practical level shows how the intricacies of cross-cultural sexual and romantic relations may affect the sexual health and HIV risk of transnational immigrant populations.

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  • University of Chicago Press American Value

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    Book SynopsisEl Salvador emerged from a brutal civil war in 1992 to find much of its national income coming from a massive emigrant workforce that earns money in the US. This book examines this new way of life as it extends across two places: Intipuca, a Salvadoran town, and the Washington, DC, home to the second largest population Salvadorans in the US.Trade Review"American Value is an original and ambitious book. Apart from his transnational subject - relations between El Salvador and the United States - David Pedersen seeks to throw light on how dominant interpretations of that history are generated and then overturned by the kind of in-depth analysis his research makes possible. If this were not enough, he aspires to throw light on the coevolution of the United States and Central America, including wars linking the two; and he has some theoretical axes to grind, as well." (Keith Hart, University of Pretoria)"

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  • The University of Chicago Press Soviet Signoras Personal and Collective

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  • MO - University of Illinois Press Migration Class and Transnational Identities

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    Book SynopsisA sophisticated study of transnational migration from the Balkans to Western AustraliaTrade Review“Recommended.”--Choice"Well informed about the current research agenda and theoretical debates of immigration studies ... engagingly written, and with proposed arguments supported by extensive citations from interviewees, the book is an evident accomplishment."--American Historical Review"An outstanding study. . . . Written with (com)passion and commitment, and profound understanding of many complex and interrelated migration processes and issues."--Labour/Le Travail"Val Colic-Peisker has done much to illuminate this important element in Australian society and to question some long-held beliefs about the maintenance of cultures in diasporic communities. Her comparisons with the Croatian elements in American society are of considerable interest. Those who seek to understand the human processes arising from global movement and resettlement should welcome this important study."--James Jupp, former Director of the Centre for Immigration and Multicultural Studies, Australian National University"A comprehensive and vibrant account of Croatian migration to Australia, which is as attendant to conceptual detail as it is heartfelt. Readers are treated to an erudite discussion of key concepts in migration studies that are embedded in rich ethnographic accounts of lived experience. The result is an important critique of ethnicity and a reevaluation of the place of class analysis in the migration process."--Loretta Baldassar, author of Visits Home: Migration Experiences Between Italy and Australia

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  • MO - University of Illinois Press Exporting Japan Politics of Emigration to Latin

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    Book SynopsisThe untold history of the Japanese empire's expansionist migration to Latin AmericaTrade Review"An intriguing and engaging read."--Journal of Japanese Studies"Skillfully unravels Japan's intricate domestic politics of emigration to Latin America before and after WW II."--Enterprise & Society"This is a well written and carefully researched book. . . . Endoh lays out a compelling argument."--The Geographical Review"Toake Endoh presents a very provocative set of arguments to resolve the paradoxes of Japanese emigration to Latin America from the late nineteenth century to the 1960s. A significant contribution to scholarship and a useful overview of Japanese emigration policy toward Latin America."--David L. Howell, author of Geographies of Identity in Nineteenth-Century Japan

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  • University of Illinois Press Black Europe and the African Diaspora

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    Book Synopsis The presence of Blacks in a number of European societies has drawn increasing interest from scholars, policymakers, and the general public. This interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary collection penetrates the multifaceted Black presence in Europe, and, in so doing, complicates the notions of race, belonging, desire, and identities assumed and presumed in revealing portraits of Black experiences in a European context. In focusing on contemporary intellectual currents and themes, the contributors theorize and re-imagine a range of historical and contemporary issues related to the broader questions of blackness, diaspora, hegemony, transnationalism, and 'Black Europe' itself as lived and perceived realities. Contributors are Allison Blakely, Jacqueline Nassy Brown, Tina Campt, Fred Constant, Alessandra Di Maio, Philomena Essed, Terri Francis, Barnor Hesse, Darlene Clark Hine, Dienke Hondius, Eileen Julien, Trica Danielle Keaton, Kwame Nimako, Tiffany Ruby Patterson, T. DTrade Review"Thought-providing. . . . Highly recommended."--Choice "An elegant, imaginative, and penetrating intervention in the ethnographies and theories of race and community in the African diaspora. A masterful contribution to the growing field of Black European studies and to diaspora studies."--Mamadou Diouf, coeditor of New Perspectives on Islam in Senegal: Conversion, Migration, Wealth, Power, and Femininity"Enormously stimulating, this volume is essential reading for those interested in exploring the evolving story of the Black presence worldwide."--David Barry Gaspar, coeditor of Beyond Bondage: Free Women of Color in the AmericasTable of ContentsForeword ixPhilomena Essed Preface xviiDarlene Clark Hine Acknowledgments xxi Introduction: The Empire Strikes Back xxiiiStephen SmallSection1. Historical Dimensions of Blackness in Europe 1. The Emergence of Afro-Europe: A Preliminary Sketch 3Allison Blakely 2. Blacks in Early Modern Europe: New Research from the Netherlands 29Dienke Hondius 3. Now You See It, Now You Don't: Josephine Baker's Films of the 1930s and the Problem of Color 48Eileen Julien 4. Pictures of "US"? Blackness, Diaspora, and the Afro-German Subject 63Tina M. Campt 5. The Conundrum of Geography, Europe d'outre mer, and Transcontinental Diasporic Identity 84T. Sharpley-Whiting and Tiffany Ruby PattersonSection 2. Race and Blackness in Perspective: France, Germany, and Italy 6. "Black (American) Paris" and the French Outer-Cities: The Race Question and Questioning Solidarity 95Trica Danielle Keaton 7. Black Italia: Contemporary Migrant Writers from Africa 119Alessandra Di Maio 8. Talking Race in Color-Blind France: Equality Denied, "Blackness" Reclaimed 145Fred Constant 9. My Volk to Come: Peoplehood in Recent Diaspora Discourse and Afro-German Popular Music 161Alexander G. Weheliye 10. No Green Pastures: The African Americanization of France 180Tyler StovallSection 3. Theorizing, (Re)presenting, and (Re)imagining Blackness In Europe 11. Black Europe and the African Diaspora: A Discourse on Location 201Jacqueline Nassy Brown 12. Theorizing Black Europe and African Diaspora: Implications for Citizenship, Nativism, and Xenophobia 212Kwame Nimako and Stephen Small 13. The Audacious Josephine Baker: Stardom, Cinema, Paris 238Terri Francis 14. Pale by Comparison: Black Liberal Humanism and the Postwar Era in the African Diaspora 260Michelle M. Wright 15. Another Dream of a Common Language: Imagining Black Europe... 277Gloria Wekker Afterword: Black Europe's Undecidability 291Barnor Hesse Notes on Contributors 305 Index 311

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  • MO - University of Illinois Press Hong Kong Movers and Stayers Narratives of

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    Book SynopsisHalf a million Hong Kong residents fled their homeland during the thirteen years before Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997 - and nearly half of those returned within several years of leaving. This book takes a look at the forces behind Hong Kong families' successful and failed efforts at migration and settlement.Trade Review"There is no other study like this in the China migration literature, nor in the literature on emigration from Hong Kong. The thoroughness of this longitudinal research provides a highly nuanced account of how changes in family life over a period of fifteen years have affected motivations and outcomes for migration." --Nicole Newendorp, author of Uneasy Reunions: Immigration, Citizenship, and Family Life in Post-1997 Hong Kong"An impressive resource for academic researchers who will find a wealth of historical and institutional information if they are studying Hong Kong and China . . . . Overall it is a valuable contribution to the area of Asian studies, as well as migration studies and theory."--Canadian Ethnic Studies "Hong Kong Movers and Stayers is an engaging and superbly researched sociological ethnography that treats migration as a process and not a singular act of departure and settlement. . . . Indeed, the book represents collaborative work at its best."--Contemporary Sociology"A solid contribution to our knowledge about migration, not just in Hong Kong but more widely."--The China Quarterly

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  • MO - University of Illinois Press Hmong America

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    Book SynopsisAn unprecedented inside view of the Hmong experience in AmericaTrade Review"Chia Youyee Vang is a skilled historian and is among the scholars with the most expertise on Hmong American communities. Using a pathbreaking blend of archival and ethnographic evidence, she presents a unique interpretation of Hmong refugees and their descendants in the United States that cannot be found in any other existing work."--Jeremy Hein, author of Ethnic Origins: The Adaptatation of Cambodian and Hmong Refugees in Four American Cities"The most comprehensive account to date of contemporary Hmong American history. . . . A true strength of the volume is Vang's detailed account of how Hmong American communities across the United States have evolved since the refugee resettlement of the mid-1970s."--Minnesota History"An invaluable introduction to contemporary Hmong American society."--Journal of Southeast Asian American Education & AdvancementTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Foreword xi Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii Chronology of Relevant Events xx Introduction 1 1. Hmong History and Migration Prior to America 17 2. A New Home in America 44 3. Re-creation of Social Structures 68 4. Continuity and Reinvention of Traditions 97 5. Political Activism 122 Conclusion 150 Notes 163 Bibliography 181 Index 193

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  • MO - University of Illinois Press The Italian American Table

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    Book SynopsisRecasts Italian American food culture as an American "invention" resonant with traces of tradition.Trade Review"Written with passion and clarity, The Italian American Table represents a stunning achievement. While tackling an irresistible topic--the meaning of food in the lives of Italian immigrants and their children--Simone Cinotto has managed to write a book that should please a wide range of interdisciplinary scholars and readers."--The Journal of American History"Insightful, pathbreaking research. . . . a new perspective on the linkage between food and family. Recommended."--Choice"In clear, bright prose Cinotto focuses on the period spanning from 1920 to 1940, and thus extends beyond the years of intense Italian immigration to include generational change and later cultural reproduction… The book appropriately cleaves between Italian American immigrant's food culture and later attempts at selling 'Italian' food to white Americans… Food is part of a larger cultural economy here, and Cinotto sheds some light on its production as a symbol and commodity over several generations."--American Historical Review"Interesting insight on the culinary history of the Italian diaspora. The book introduces wider reflections on the role of food production, preparation, and consumption in immigrant communities, a theme that is as urgent today as it was in the past century."--Gastronomica"In recent years, food studies have become a growing area of interdisciplinary scholarship... Simone Cinott's book, The Italian American Table: Food, Family, and Community in New York City, makes a significant contribution to this body of scholarship... A rich and important edition. This admirable piece of scholarship transcends disciplinary boundaries and should interest scholars and students of history, ethnic studies, food studies, gender and urban studies, as well as those of business and marketing. It will join the ranks of the classic studies of Italian American History."--Journal of American Ethnic History"Simone Cinotto's The Italian American Table is a substantial documentation of beliefs most foodways scholars, and most Americans, already share: that food is important to Italian American families, that the entrepreneurial spirit of Italian American emigrants shared Italian food with an ever-wider group of non-Italian Americans, and that, to some extent, the food story of Italian life in America has already been told by popular fiction, film, and television in a way that orients our contemporary understanding of Italian Americans and Italian food... The Italian American Table is a fulfilling treatment of the domestic and commercial foodways particular to Italian Americans in New York City during the 1920s and 1930s."--Western Folklore"Full of rich analysis and insights, this first book-length scholarly study of Italian immigrant foodways in the United States offers an explanation for why and how food became so closely attached to the creation of Italian American ethnic identities. A convincing and significant contribution."--Donna Gabaccia, author of We Are What We Eat: Ethnic Food and the Making of Americans"With rich descriptive detail that is fascinating and engagingly presented, The Italian American Table advances our understanding not only of Italians' migration experiences but of immigrants in general. Simone Cinotto uncovers a treasure trove of data from various historical sources and weaves it together into a clear and compelling narrative."--Carole M. Counihan, author of Around the Tuscan Table: Food, Family, and Gender in Twentieth-Century Florence

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    £999.99

  • MO - University of Illinois Press The Polish Hearst AmerykaEcho and the Public

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    Book SynopsisTrade Review"A superbly framed and detailed analysis of an influential crossover newspaper… In The Polish Hearst, Jaroszynska-Kirchmann exposes the fascinating, interconnected layers of ethnic history through Ameryka-Echo's multi-voiced record."--Polish American Studies “The Polish Hearst tells a compelling story that fills a void in the record of Antoni Paryski's contributions to the history of America's immigrant newspapers and augments the historiography of the American media to account for the contributions of the professional journalists and the readers-writers of the ethnic press as well."--Ohio Valley History "Recommended."--Choice"An important and groundbreaking work." --Journal of American Ethnic History"Who says creating a virtual community based on sharing information across space is new? Anna D. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann’s insightful study of Antoni Paryski, aka the Polish Hearst, the ethnic newspaper Ameryka-Echo, and the reader-writers who contributed to that Polish American paper, broadens our understanding of the letters of mobile people and how they created an ethnic public sphere."--Suzanne M. Sinke, author of Dutch Immigrant Women in the United States, 1880-1920"The author has done an uncommon job in thoroughly analyzing a significant ethnic newspaper and inserting it into the mainstream of contemporary print culture studies. The role of readers as authors is examined in detail and shows how very much more there is to be done with ethnic print, which has played too little a part in scholarship to date."--James P. Danky, author of The German-American Radical Press: The Shaping of Political Culture, 1850–1940"In relating this resonant, deeply researched and broadly conceived story of Antoni Paryski, the classically self-made Polish American publisher, the author provides important insights into ethnicity, the hard-won American identities of the immigrants and their children, and the nature of community in modern, culturally diverse societies."--David A. Gerber, University at Buffalo Distinguished Professor of History"Well-written and broadly contextualized, this study about a key Polish American immigrant newspaper serves as an excellent starting point for anybody interested in the history of Polish Americans and the immigrant press in the United States during the twentieth century. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann opens a fresh perspective on the transformation of Polish America between the period of mass immigration around 1900 and the decline of ethnic life in recent decades."--Tobias Brinkmann, author of Sundays at Sinai: A Jewish Congregation in Chicago "Does an admirable job in placing Antoni A. Paryski, the Ameryka-Echo, and his book publishing business firmly in the history not only of the Polish immigrant community, but within the historical context of Polish history, particularly the Positivist movement, and the history of journalism."--Dominic A. Pacyga, author of Polish Immigrants and Industrial Chicago: Workers on the South Side, 1880–1922

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    £999.99

  • MO - University of Illinois Press Memories and Migrations Mapping Boricua and

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    Book SynopsisShaping a new understanding of Latina identity formationTrade Review"First rate... Both general readers and scholars should read this excellent collection, which ... contributes to a more nuanced understanding of United States history."--Hispanic American Historical Review "By reframing immigration through the multiple perspectives gained from studying 'regionalities,' the collection facilitates new understandings of diasporic subjectivities and their lived experiences."--Western Historical Quarterly "This anthology represents the rich variety of scholarship that has emerged in the field of Latina history."--Journal of American Ethnic HistoryTable of ContentsContributors include Gabriela F. Arredondo, John R. Chavez, Marisela R. Chavez, Yolanda Chavez Leyva, Maria E. Montoya, Lydia R. Otero, Vicki L. Ruiz, Elizabeth Salas, Virginia Sanchez Korrol, and Carmen Teresa Whalen

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    £999.99

  • MO - University of Illinois Press Hong Kong Movers and Stayers Narratives of

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    Book SynopsisHalf a million Hong Kong residents fled their homeland during the thirteen years before Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997 - and nearly half of those returned within several years of leaving. Featuring stories of nine Hong Kong families, this title looks at the forces behind Hong Kong families' efforts at migration and settlement.Trade Review"There is no other study like this in the China migration literature, nor in the literature on emigration from Hong Kong. The thoroughness of this longitudinal research provides a highly nuanced account of how changes in family life over a period of fifteen years have affected motivations and outcomes for migration." --Nicole Newendorp, author of Uneasy Reunions: Immigration, Citizenship, and Family Life in Post-1997 Hong Kong"An impressive resource for academic researchers who will find a wealth of historical and institutional information if they are studying Hong Kong and China . . . . Overall it is a valuable contribution to the area of Asian studies, as well as migration studies and theory."--Canadian Ethnic Studies "Hong Kong Movers and Stayers is an engaging and superbly researched sociological ethnography that treats migration as a process and not a singular act of departure and settlement. . . . Indeed, the book represents collaborative work at its best."--Contemporary Sociology"A solid contribution to our knowledge about migration, not just in Hong Kong but more widely."--The China Quarterly

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    £999.99

  • MO - University of Illinois Press Building Filipino Hawaii

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    Book SynopsisDrawing on ten years of interviews and ethnographic and archival research, the author delves into the ways Filipinos in Hawai'i have balanced their pursuit of upward mobility and mainstream acceptance with a desire to keep their Filipino identity.Trade Review"Building Filipino Hawai'i is a much-needed work on contemporary Filipino lives in the islands, in the fifty years since the resumption of significant emigration from the Philippines. Consistently argued and astutely theoretically framed. . . . Building Filipino Hawai'i promises to be the principal text on not only Filipinos, but also the contemporary experiences of ethnic and immigrant minorities in Hawai'i in the political context of the Hawaiian sovereignty movement."--Pacific Historical Review"An outstanding addition to a growing field of studies focused on Filipina/o American community building and identity formation."--Western Historical Quarterly "Labrador provides many necessary interventions to studies of Filipinos in the United States and helps further the reconceptualization of what it means to be Filipino throughout the Philippine diaspora and the ongoing production of global transnationalism."--The Journal of American History "Labrador provides an engaging and thoughtful study of Filipinos in Hawai'i, demonstrating how they have struggled to define and/or redefine their identity in the diaspora, by moving from the margins of Hawaii's society to becoming an integral part of it, while also maintaining their sense of Filipinoness."--Rudy P. Guevarra Jr., author of Becoming Mexipino: Multiethnic Identities and Communities in San Diego"Hawai'i is often held up as a model of liberal multiculturalism, a site in which a truly postracial order has been achieved. Labrador, however, demonstrates how the racial order in Hawai'i continues to be hierarchized, is premised on settler colonialism, and rests on a classed anti-immigrant sensibility. Building Filipino Hawai'i is an important read."--Robyn Magalit Rodriguez, author of Migrants for Export: How the Philippine State Brokers Labor to the World

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    £999.99

  • University of Washington Press The Sikh Diaspora

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    2 in stock

    £28.71

  • Living Together Living Apart  Mixed Status

    University of Washington Press Living Together Living Apart Mixed Status

    7 in stock

    Book SynopsisTable of Contents Epigraph: The Freedom to Move / Lisa Speicher Muñoz Foreword / Mary Romero Introduction: Living Together, Living Apart: Mixed-Status Families and US Immigration Policy / April M. Schueths and Jodie M. Lawston Part One | Living Together, Living Apart: Stories of Separation 1. The Purpose of My Trip to Tijuana / Giselle Stern Hernández 2. Life and Love outside the Citizenship Binary: The Lived Experiences of Mixed-Status Couples in the United States / April M. Schueths 3. Transnational Mixed-Status Families: Critical Challenges in Cross-Border Relationships over Time / Rachel M. Hershberg and M. Brinton Lykes 4. Dependents of the State: Navigating the Immigration and Child Welfare Apparatus at the San Diego–Tijuana Border / Naomi Glenn-Levin Rodriguez 5. “We Thought We Had a Future”: Adversity and Resilience in Mixed-Status Families / Martha I. Zapata Roblyer and Joseph G. Grzywacz 6. Being Mixed-Status / Sheryl Tuliao Silva and Eric O. Silva Part Two | Experiences of Inequality: Legal Status and Family Well-Being 7. Voice of an American-Mexican / Neida Soto Arrington 8. Mixed-Status Families in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas: Health Disparities along the US-Mexico Border / Heide Castañeda 9. “Someday I’m Going to Have Papers!” (¡Algún Día Yo Voy a Tener Papeles!): Mixed-Status Families in the Rural South / Scott Beck and Alma Stevenson 10. The Green Card Waiting Game: U Visa Holders, Mixed-Status Famlies, and Marginal Membership / Sarah Morando Lakhani 11. “El Otro Lado” (The Other Side) / Eva Betancourt Part III. The Public Face of Illegal: Confronting Legal Institutions and the Media 12. MIXED-UP / Carlos-Manuel 13. Constructing Mixed-Status Families in Public Discourse / Eric O. Silva 14. Qualifying Relatives: US Immigration Policies and Family Reunification or Deunification? / Connie Oxford 15. From Driving to Deportation: Experiences of Mixed-Status Immigrant Families under “Secure Communities” / Diana M. Guelespe 16 Dynamics and Ramifications of US Immigration and Visa Policies: Nepali Transnational Workers, Families, and Children in the United States / Shobha Hamal Gurung 17. Bringing Pedro Home / Emily Guzman 18. My Path to Happiness / Luis A. HernÁndez Contributors Index

    7 in stock

    £28.51

  • Chinas Second Continent

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Chinas Second Continent

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisA New York Times Notable Book Chinese immigrants of the recent past and unfolding twenty-first century are in search of the African dream. So explains indefatigable traveler Howard W. French, prize-winning investigative journalist and former New York Times bureau chief in Africa and China, in the definitive account of this seismic geopolitical development. China’s burgeoning presence in Africa is already shaping, and reshaping, the future of millions of people. From Liberia to Senegal to Mozambique, in creaky trucks and by back roads, French introduces us to the characters who make up China’s dogged emigrant population: entrepreneurs singlehandedly reshaping African infrastructure, and less-lucky migrants barely scraping by but still convinced of Africa’s opportunities. French’s acute observations offer illuminating insight into the most pressing unknowns of modern Sino-African relations: Why China is making these cultural and economic incursions into the continent; what Africa’s role is in this equation; and what the ramifications for both parties and their people—and the watching world—will be in the foreseeable future.One of the Best Books of the Year at • The Economist • The Guardian • Foreign Affairs

    10 in stock

    £14.24

  • The Good Immigrant

    Back Bay Books The Good Immigrant

    10 in stock

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    10 in stock

    £16.19

  • Little America

    Farrar, Straus and Giroux Little America

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisA soon-to-be half-hour anthology series from Apple, airing starting January 2020, a gorgeous, intimate collective portrait of America's immigrants and thereby a portrait of the nation itself

    10 in stock

    £24.00

  • Outcasts United

    Random House USA Inc Outcasts United

    10 in stock

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    10 in stock

    £17.00

  • WW Norton & Co New York

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe definitive pictorial history of the diverse peoples of the world who have made New York their home.

    10 in stock

    £42.74

  • Tears of Salt A Doctors Story of the Refugee

    WW Norton & Co Tears of Salt A Doctors Story of the Refugee

    Book Synopsis"This is a personal, urgent, and universal book." —Gloria SteinemTrade Review"Tears of Salt is a tender personal memoir.… It is also a damning indictment of the broader, collective indifference of humankind to both the drowned and the saved." -- Philip Gourevitch"A work not to be missed.… [Bartolo] limns his narrative with great compassion and humanity." -- Marjorie Kehe - Christian Science Monitor"Heart-wrenching and relevant." -- Marion Winik - Minneapolis Star Tribune"Poignant." -- Uzodinma Iweala - New York Times Book Review"Through Dr. Bartolo we understand that it is impossible to do nothing in the face of such great human need." -- Vanity Fair"Equal parts memoir, celebration of [Lampedusa] and report from the front. Above all, though, it is a plea for compassion." -- Edward Morris - BookPage"At a time when our broken world seems to be encouraging, and lauding, the worst of humanity, along comes the remarkable Dr. Bartolo to show us what courage, integrity, and compassion look like. His life is a manual of what it means to be human." -- Rabih Alameddine"Tears of Salt…reveals the human side of suffering through the life of one man." -- Adele Annesi - Washington Independent Review of Books"Dr. Bartolo’s spare, poignant, angry account of his life as doctor to the refugees arriving on the shores of Italy is an unusual and important addition to the growing literature of migration. Anyone wanting to understand the disaster of what is happening around us should read this book." -- Caroline Moorehead

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  • LUP - University of Michigan Press How the Workers Became Muslims

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    Book SynopsisTrade Review“[A] remarkable study on the ways racism has taken in Western Europe, in particular in relations between Muslim immigrants and Western European states. Yilmaz has made a first-rate intervention on the discussion concerning national, popular, and ethnic identities in the contemporary world. His contribution to contemporary scholarship is outstanding.”—Ernesto Laclau, author of On Populist Reason“Yilmaz’s important book charts the rise of culture as the dominant framework through which we now understand the politics of migration in Europe. He gives a theoretically sophisticated account of the production of the ‘Muslim immigrant,’ the rise of right-wing populism, and the way ‘progressive’ values—including those of feminism and gay rights—have come to serve racist and exclusionary ends.”—Ben Pitcher, University of Westminster“Guided by an original reformulation of hegemony theory that highlights the transformative effects of media-driven moral panics, this book offers a deep dive into contemporary anti-immigration discourse in Europe. With great insight, Yilmaz unveils the relations of power undergirding the seemingly benign ‘common sense’ definitions of the immigration ‘problem.’”—Rodney Benson, author of Shaping Immigration News“In this beautifully written and brilliantly argued book, Ferruh Yilmaz shows how moral panics and political mobilizations against Muslim ‘difference’ function in western nations to obscure pervasive oppressions of race and class. Drawing deftly on advanced currents in studies of communication and cultural studies, How the Workers Became Muslims demonstrates the dynamism of discourse as a social force. Yilmaz reveals how the prevailing categories and classifications that are deployed in political discourse deliberately direct attention toward conflicts over cultural norms and values in order to deflect attention away from material and political conflicts over resources and rights. This book shows how anti-Muslim mobilizations are not merely manifestations of cultural racism and Islamophobia, but rather key tools for the perpetuation of class dominance and the occlusion of class conflicts.”—George Lipsitz, author of How Racism Takes Place“Dr. Yilmaz’s book is a highly original and sophisticated study of public discourse on immigration in Denmark. The argument he puts forward here is significant for its understanding of the social and political changes in Europe in the last two decades. Yilmaz’s work sheds important new light on the politics of immigration and is particularly effective in showing how immigration politics has restructured the basic ways in which social and political interests are conceived in Europe. Beyond the issue of immigration, Yilmaz makes important interventions in theoretical and methodological discussions about political discourse and ‘ideological hegemony.’ This important book will make a real impact and will be widely read, both as a statement about contemporary European politics and as a statement about how to study discourse and political power.”—Daniel C. Hallin, University of California–San Diego

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  • The Irish Diaspora Tales of Emigration Exile and

    Thames & Hudson Ltd The Irish Diaspora Tales of Emigration Exile and

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisExplores the lives of over forty men and women – great and otherwise – whose pioneering journeys beyond the Irish shore played a profound role in world history.Trade Review'This fascinating assortment of case histories, spread across 1,400 years and six continents, is an impressive feat of research. All of the chapters are based on a solid body of up-to-date historical writing. The summaries of often-complex historical background to the lives explored are models of lucid compression. The short biographies themselves are lively yet judicious, packed with vivid detail but willing, where necessary, to question or dismiss colourful legend. And the reader will come away with a new sense of the many ways in which Ireland has interacted with the world beyond its shores, and of some of the extraordinary careers that have resulted' - BBC HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction – Emerald Exodus • Columbanus & the Merovingian Kings • Virgilius of Salzburg • The Carolingian Irish • Brendan the Navigator & The Monks of Iceland • Helias of Cologne • Jacobo of Ireland & the Mongol Empire • Luke Wadding & The Vatican Elite • Don Guillén - The Original Zorro • Lord Bellomont's Piratical Venture • George Berkeley – The ‘Irish Plato’ & Bermuda College • Richard Brew - Slave Trader • The Abbé de Firmont • Hercules Mulligan - Washington's Spy • James Hoban - Architect of the White House • General Gough - Conqueror of the Punjab • Pat Watkins – Crusoe of the Galápagos • Chile's Irish Patriots • John Field – A Muscovy Nocturne • Frederick Young - Father of the Gurkhas • Dr James Barry - Caesarean Pioneer • The Texan Revolution • Sir George Gore - Buffalo Slayer • Margaret of New Orleans • Children of the Famine • Little Al Cashier • Thomas D'Arcy McGee - Father of The Canadian Confederation • The Railroad Men • Eliza Lynch - First Lady of Paraguay • John Philip Holland - Father of The Submarine • Nellie Cashman - The Angel of the Wild West • The Grace Brothers' Conquest of Peru • Annie Moore - The First Emigrant Through Ellis Island • Margaretta Eagar – The Last Tsar’s Governess • The Moore Brothers - Hollywood Stars • Louis Brennan - The Wizard of Oz • Violet Gibson – Killing Mussolini • Don Patricio O'Connell – Barça’s Saviour • Lord Haw-Haw - The Voice of Nazi Germany • Brendan Bracken - Churchill's Spin Doctor • Patrick Gallagher - Vietnam Hero • The Irish in the White House • Epilogue – Reflections on Irish Identity

    10 in stock

    £24.42

  • Call Me American A Memoir

    Random House USA Inc Call Me American A Memoir

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisAbdi Nor Iftin first fell in love with America from afar. As a child, he learned English by listening to American pop and watching action films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. When U.S. marines landed in Mogadishu to take on the warlords, Abdi cheered the arrival of these Americans, who seemed as heroic as those of the movies. Sporting American clothes and dance moves, he became known around Mogadishu as Abdi American, but when the radical Islamist group al-Shabaab rose to power in 2006, it became dangerous to celebrate Western culture. Desperate to make a living, Abdi used his language skills to post secret dispatches, which found an audience of worldwide listeners. Eventually, though, Abdi was forced to flee to Kenya. In an amazing stroke of luck, Abdi won entrance to the U.S. in the annual visa lottery, though his route to America did not come easily. Parts of his story were first heard on the BBC World Service and This American Life. Now a

    10 in stock

    £14.24

  • Stranger Spanish Edition  Stranger The Challenge

    Vintage Espanol Stranger Spanish Edition Stranger The Challenge

    10 in stock

    Book Synopsis“Hay veces en que me siento como un extraño en el país donde he pasado más de la mitad de mi vida. No es por falta de oportunidades, ni una queja. Es, más bien, una especie de desilusión. Jamás me imaginé que después de 35 años en Estados Unidos iba a seguir siendo un stranger para muchos. Pero eso soy.” Jorge Ramos, periodista galardonado con premios Emmy, reconocido presentador del Noticiero Univisión y considerado “la voz de los sin voz” de la comunidad latina, fue expulsado de una rueda de prensa del candidato presidencial Donald Trump en Iowa en el año 2015 tras cuestionar sus planes sobre inmigración. En este manifiesto personal, Ramos explora qué significa ser un inmigrante latino, o simplemente un inmigrante, en los Estados Unidos de nuestros días. Mediante datos y estadísticas, su olfato para encontrar historias y su pro

    10 in stock

    £13.50

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