Social science / Emigration & Immigration

Latin American Migrations to the U.S. Heartland: Changing Social Landscapes in Middle America

by Linda Allegro & Andrew Grant Wood

New perspectives on Latin American migration to the interior United States

To the Ends of the Earth: Northern Soul and Southern Nights in Western Australia

by Paul Mercieca, Anne Chapman & Marnie O'Neill

Northern Soul is a cultural phenomenon twice removed from its original source in Britain in the late 1960s. By giving voice to the members of this scene, this book explores theories about how identity and cultural...

Migration-Trust Networks: Social Cohesion in Mexican Us-Bound Emigration

by Nadia Yamel Flores-Yeffal

In an important new application of sociological theories, Nadia Y. Flores-Yeffal offers fresh insights into the ways in which social networks function among immigrants who arrive in the United States from Mexico...

To Sin Against Hope: How America Has Failed Its Immigrants: A Personal History

by Alfredo Gutierrez

A moving life story from a leading voice in America's immigrant rights struggle.Alfredo Gutierrez’s father, a US citizen, was deported to Mexico from his Arizona hometown—the mining town where Alfredo grew...

Our North America: Social and Political Issues beyond NAFTA

by Julián| Castro-Rea

This book explores neglected aspects of the key relationships between Canada, Mexico and the United States, with the authors in this book addressing vital issues which bind this global region together, including...

Second-Generation Transnationalism and Roots Migration: Cross-Border Lives

by Susanne Wessendorf

Presenting rich empirical data gathered among second-generation Italians in Switzerland and southern Italy, and drawing on studies undertaken in other parts of Europe and the US, this book investigates why as...

And Hell Followed With Her: Crossing the Dark Side of the American Border

by David Neiwert

A work of literary true crime that captures the terrifying world of the right wing border patrol movement.

Eastern European Immigrant Families

by Mihaela Robila

Immigration from Eastern Europe to the United States has grown significantly in the last few decades. While Asian and Latin American immigrations have been central to the discourse of migration to the US, the...

Past Human Migrations in East Asia: Matching Archaeology, Linguistics and Genetics

by Alicia Sanchez-Mazas, Roger Blench & Malcolm D. Ross

The study of the prehistory of East Asia is developing very rapidly. In uncovering the story of the flows of human migration that constituted the peopling of East Asia there exists widespread debate about the...

Chinese Americans and Their Immigrant Parents: Conflict, Identity, and Values

by Terry S Trepper & May Tung

Based on culture-related themes derived from the author's psychotherapeutic work with young Chinese-American professionals, this important book relates personal problems and conditions to specific sources in...

Right to DREAM: Immigration Reform and America's Future

by William A. Schwab

Right to DREAM makes a compelling argument for the DREAM Act and comprehensive immigration reform.

Imperial Designs: Italians in China 1900-1947

by Shirley Ann Smith

Imperial Designs is the first text in English dealing comprehensively with the Italian colonial experience in China. It confirms imperial policy and the rhetoric of conquest.

Mental Health Care for New Hispanic Immigrants: Innovative Approaches in Contemporary Clinical Practice

by Marcia Finlayson, Manny J Gonzalez & Gladys M Gonzalez-Ramos

Save time—inform your clinical planning with core knowledge and tips offered from experienced clinicians!

While many Hispanic groups have lived in the mainland United States for years, there now is a growth...

Refugee Women and Their Mental Health: Shattered Societies, Shattered Lives

by Ellen Cole, Esther D Rothblum & Oliva M Espin

Currently, there are over 15 million legally designated refugees all over the world and it is documented that 75 percent of those refugees are women, yet most of the existent literature does not focus on this...

Cinema and Language Loss: Visions of Displacement

by Tijana Mamula

Cinema and Language Loss provides the first sustained exploration of the relationship between linguistic displacement and visuality in the filmic realm, examining in depth both its formal expressions and theoretical...

Professor Risley and the Imperial Japanese Troupe: How an American Acrobat Introduced Circus to Japan--and Japan to the West

by Frederik L. Schodt

The unlikely history of early cross-cultural encounters between the West and Japan, featuring acrobats, jugglers, and a colorful American impresario.

A Critical Ethnography of 'Westerners' Teaching English in China: Shanghaied in Shanghai

by Phiona Stanley

Tens of thousands of Western 'teachers', many of whom would not be considered teachers elsewhere, are employed to teach English in public and private education in China. Little has previously been known, except...

Racial Criminalization of Migrants in the 21st Century

by salvatore palidda

In the course of the last two decades, the number of arrests, imprisonment and detention of aliens and citizens of foreign origin has increased significantly in the West. This volume examines this growing trend...

Rethinking Displacement: Asia Pacific Perspectives

by Ruchira Ganguly-Scrase & Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt

This book explores the multitude of interconnected factors causing displacements that compel people to move within their homelands or traverse various borders It brings together historical and contemporary accounts...

Africans in Global Migration: Searching for Promised Lands

by John A. Arthur, Joseph Takougang & Thomas Owusu

A common thread in this book is the depiction of the African diasporas not only as a cultural epiphenomena (or interlocking communities), but also as a process characterized by identity transformations, lived...