Synopses & Reviews
The post-World War II period has been called the age of migration, since an unprecedented number of people worldwide have been on the move. This reference surveys migration and immigration past and present in 14 representative countries. Historical, social, political, and economic consequences of migration are considered. Students and researchers will find the synthesis indispensable and the format ideal for comparisons.
The collective analysis of the contributors, who hail from a range of disciplines, ultimately defies the simple characterization of migration as a choice of people seeking better income opportunities. The authors are sensitive to the ways that race, class, and gender dynamics influence the composition of migratory flows, the reasons why people migrate, and the outcomes of population movements. Each chapter explicates the human cost of migration, giving readers a better understanding of social issues underlying migration at the beginning of the 21st century.
Review
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
Synopsis
The post-World War II period has been called "the age of migration," since an unprecedented number of people worldwide have been on the move. This reference surveys migration and immigration past and present in 14 representative countries. Historical, social, political, and economic consequences of migration are considered. Students and researchers will find the synthesis indispensable and the format ideal for comparisons.
Synopsis
The historical, social, political, and economic consequences of migration and immigration in 14 representative countries are considered.
Synopsis
The historical, social, political, and economic consequences of migration and immigration in 14 representative countries are considered.
About the Author
MAURA I. TORO-MORN is Associate Professor of Sociology at Illinois State University and is the author of numerous articles focusing on the gender and class dimensions of Puerto Rican migration to the United States. She has also done cross-cultural research in Spain, China, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. She teaches about race, class, and gender inequality in the United States.MARIXSA ALICEA is Associate Professor at the School for New Learning, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois. She is the co-author of Surviving Heroin: Women Heroin and Methadone Users and has also published numerous articles on the Puerto Rican migration experience, the U.S. Latina experience, and multicultural teaching practices.
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