Social science / Emigration & Immigration

Beyond Borders: A History of Mexican Migration to the United States (Viewpoints / Puntos de Vista #13)

by Timothy J. Henderson

Beyond Borders: A History of Mexican Migration to the United States details the origins and evolution of the movement of people from Mexico into the United States from the first significant flow across the border...

The Road to Home: My Life and Times

by Vartan Gregorian

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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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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

Asian Medicine and Globalization

by Joseph S. Alter

As more and more Asian medical practices cross into Western culture through the popularity of yoga and herbalism, and as Western medicine finds its way east in the form of plastic surgery, these systems of meaning...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

Constructing and Imagining Labour Migration: Perspectives of Control from Five Continents

by Elspeth Guild & Sandra Mantu

Labour migration has been on the agenda of many countries around the globe, and governments of both sending and receiving countries have made attempts to develop regulatory mechanisms to deal with the phenomenon....

Foreigners, Refugees or Minorities?: Rethinking People in the Context of Border Controls and Visas

by Didier Bigo & Sergio Carrera

This book examines the relationship of citizenship, ethnicity and international relations and how these three aspects of the State, its people and its neighbours relate to one another. It studies the wide issue...

Irregular Migrant Domestic Workers in Europe: Who Cares?

by Anna Triandafyllidou

Offering a comparative analysis of irregular migrants engaged in all kinds of domestic work, the authors explore questions relating to employment conditions, health issues and the family lives of migrants. The...

Suburban Crossroads: The Fight for Local Control of Immigration Policy

by Thomas J. Vicino

In fear of becoming havens for illegal immigrants, numerous local communities adopted and implemented their own immigration laws during the 2000s. Suburban Crossroads chronicles the political debates and policy...