Migration and Immigration A Global View

Subjects:

• Multicultural Studies » Multicultural Studies (General)
• Political Science » Comparative Politics
• Sociology » Sociology (General)

Reviews:

• [T]oro-Morn and Alicea present a comparative framework for study of the obstacles, motivations, and methods of migrants....This convenient work provides reflective readers with essential background on an undeniably significant subject. Recommended. General readers; undergraduates.
  —Choice January 2005
• [T]his volume can be seen as a collection of encyclopedia entries on aspects of migration in recent years, providing interesting facts and some promising citations.
  —Journal of Social History Winter 2006
• Migration and Immigration provides a broad overview of global migration. Through fourteen case studies from Europe, Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, North and South America and Australia, it illustrates different patterns and trends in international migration. Presenting a truly global view, it reaches beyond the conventional dichotomies in the migration literature of core and periphery and sending and receiving countries....[t]he breadth of the migration experiences described is indispensable to understanding the complexity of migration in a global world. Nobuko Adachi's story of Japanese Brazilian migration to Japan, for example, will be new to many readers and adds insight to the intergenerational dynamics of migrants' lives. Migration and Immigration does a service by exposing readers to new trends in the rapidly changing state of global migration.
  —Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare September 2005

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Australia: The Contintent of Immigrants by Graeme Hugo
• Brazil: A Historical and Contemporary View of Brazilian Migration by Nobuko Adachi
• China: Chinese Immigrants in the Global Economy by Yu Zhou
• Cuba: Colonizers, Slaves, Exiles, and Refugees in Cuban History by Felix Masu-Piloto
• France: The Melting Pot of Europe by Jeremy Hein
• Ghana: Internal, International, and Transnational Migration by Joseph R. Oppong
• Ireland: A Historical and Political Interpretation of the Irish Diaspora by Sean Kenny
• Japan: Immigration In, Out, and Back and Forth by James Stanlaw
• Mexico: Mexican International Migration by Patricia Zamudio
• The Netherlands: The Myth of Ethnic Equality by Twanna A. Hines
• The Philippines: The Dilemma of Philippine International Labor Migration by Jmes A. Tyner
• Puerto Rico: Between the Nation and the Diaspora - Migration to and from Puerto Rico by Jorge Duany
• Tanzania: To Carry a Heavy Burden in the Heat of the Day: Migration to and from Tanzania by Cassandra Veney
• United States: Immigration to the Melting Pot of the Americas by Rogelio Saenz, Maria Christina Morales, and MariaIsabel Ayala
• About the Editors and Contributors