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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the 2018 Mirra Komarovsky Book Award, Eastern Sociological Society"
"Co-Winner of the 2017 Best Book Award, Migration and Citizenship Section of the American Political Science Association"
"Winner of the 2017 Otis Dudley Duncan Award, Section on Population of the American Sociological Association"
"Honorable Mention for the 2019 ENMISA Distinguished Book Award, Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Migration Section the International Studies Association"
"Garip’s analysis is focused and fresh, representing an innovative approach to understand which theories of migration work for whom, when, and why. . . . [
On the Move] provides an intricate and thorough analysis of the conditions, contexts, and composition of Mexican cohorts of migration since 1965, providing readers with a comprehensive understanding of the complex social, economic, and political processes that have led to this particular point in the trajectory of Mexican migration. This is a must read for anyone seeking to understand the history of Mexican migration to the United States over the past 50 years."
---Elizabeth Aranda, American Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix List of Tables xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 1 Why Do People Migrate? Identifying Diverse Mechanisms of Migration 10 2 "Go Work Over There and Come Do Something Here" Circular Migrants 39 3 "We Leave to Help Our Parents Economically" Crisis Migrants 67 4 "Your Place Is Where Your Family Is" Family Migrants 95 5 "Putting Down Roots" Urban Migrants 122 6 Where Do We Go from Here? Conditional Theories and Diverse Policies 153 Appendixes 181 Notes 225 References 259 Index 289
