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Nation, Diaspora, Trans-nation

by R. K. Jain

A premier debate in the present conjuncture of globalization has been the prospect of 'post nation' and the obsolescence of patriotism at the horizon of transnationalism. In an ethnographically rich and discursively...


Makeshift Migrants and Law

by Ratna Kapur

This book unmasks the cultural and gender stereotypes that inform the legal regulation of the migrant. It critiques the postcolonial perspective on how belonging and non-belonging are determined by the sexual,...


The World in Brooklyn

by Timothy Shortell, Judith DeSena & Noel Anderson

The World in Brooklyn: Gentrification, Immigration, and Ethnic Politics in a Global City, is a collection of scholarly papers which analyze demographic, social, political, and economic trends that are occurring...


The New Americans: How the Melting Pot Can Work Again

by Michael Barone

Sometime in this century, we are told, the United States will become a “majority-minority” country—that is, a nation where whites make up less than 50 percent of the population. Many believe this signals...


Home Again: Stories of Migration and Return

by Celia Sorhaindo & Polly Pattullo

What happens when people return to the land of their birth after decades away? The migrants' journey is a well-told story but much less is known about those who return. Why do they go back? What is it like to...


Migration and Remittances from Mexico: Trends, Impacts, and New Challenges

by Alfredo Cuecuecha & Carla Pederzini

Migration and Remittances from Mexico: Trends, Impacts, and New Challenges, edited by Alfredo Cuecuecha and Carla Pederzini, is an indispensable resource for Mexico-US migration studies. It includes a review...


Narratives of Migration and Displacement in Dominican Literature

by Danny Méndez

Establishing an interdisciplinary connection between Migration Studies, Post-Colonial Studies and Affect Theory, Méndez analyzes the symbolic interplay between emotions, cognitions, and displacement in the...


An American Journey: Life Lessons for Parents of Immigrant Children

by Bhagwan Satiani

Valuable teaching moments and life lessons are illustrated in a personal and colorful story told by a successful immigrant parent. Immigrants struggle with merging two cultures. An American Journey teaches life...


Due Process Denied: Detentions and Deportations in the United States

by Tanya Golash-Boza

Due process protections are among the most important Constitutional protections in the United States, yet they do not apply to non-citizens facing detention and deportation. Due Process Denied describes the...


European Identity and Culture: Narratives of Transnational Belonging

by Friedman & Thiel

Exploring attempts by various actors - institutions, groups, individuals - to create transnational European identities, European Identity and Culture scrutinizes the cultural formations that have either reignited...


Seeking a Better Future: The English Pioneers of Ontario and Quebec

by Lucille H. H. Campey

Seeking a Better Future is the first major study of emigration from England to Ontario and Quebec. Extensively documented with previously unpublished passenger lists and details of more than 2,000 ship crossings,...


In Search of a Better Life: British and Irish Migration

by Graham Davis

In Search of a Better Life' challenges the traditional histories of British and Irish migration, the stories of oppression and exile that form an essential part of the existing literature. By no means were all...


The Immigrant Advantage: What We Can Learn from Newcomers to America about Health, Happiness and Hope

by Claudia Kolker

Do you have a relative or friend who would gladly wait on you, hand and foot, for a full month after you had a baby? How about someone to deliver a delicious, piping hot home-cooked meal, just like your mother’s,...


Migration, Diaspora and Information Technology in Global Societies

by Leopoldina Fortunati, Raul Pertierra & Jane Vincent

Migrants and diaspora communities are shaped by their use of information and communication technologies. This book explores the multifaceted role played by new media in the re-location of these groups of people,...


Polenta and Goanna

by Emilio Gabbrielli

In a mysterious castle in Libya where he stumbles upon some unexpected vestiges of the past, the narrator is inspired to tell the story of his extraordinary experiences in Australia. It is a story about the...


The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens

by Brooke Hauser

Some walked across deserts and mountains to get here. Others flew in on planes. One arrived after escaping in a suitcase. And some won’t say how they got here.

These are “the new kids”: new to America...


Transnational Migration, Media and Identity of Asian Women

by Youna Kim

This book explores the unstudied nature of diaspora among young Korean, Japanese and Chinese women living and studying in the West. Why do women move? What are the actual conditions of their transnational lives?...


The Ethnic Penalty: Immigration, Education and the Labour Market

by Hasmath

The Ethnic Penalty argues that a penalty has impeded the occupational success of ethnic minorities during the job search, hiring and promotion process. In this context, the book examines whether explanatory...


Migrants and Cities: The Accommodation of Migrant Organizations in Europe

by Fauser

Offering comprehensive empirical insights both from recent sites of immigration in Southern Europe, as well as from places of more established immigration in the north, Migrants and Cities examines the accommodation...


The Next Wave: On the Hunt for Al Qaeda's American Recruits

by Catherine Herridge

TERROR WALKS AMONG US. Born here, raised here, plotting here, the terrorists of al Qaeda 2.0 aim to kill Americans. And our government helps.

 

Who are the recruits for the next wave? They live next door.

A radicalized...