Emigration & Immigration

When culture makes itself at home in motion, where does an anthropologist stand? In a follow-up to The Predicament of Culture, one of the defining books for anthropology in the last decade, James Clifford takes the proper measure: a moving picture of a...

'There is, as you pick it up, nothing to prepare you for its power' OBSERVER 'Quite simply, one of the most beautiful books I have ever read' AMINATTA FORNA How do we navigate our complex histories for our children? What is our duty to share and...

Migration and the Making of Ireland richly explores accounts of migrant experiences across more than four centuries. The motivations that drove migration to Ireland and emigration from Ireland since the Plantation of Ulster are assessed. Political,...

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 migrants forced to leave their country by...

With cross-cultural perspectives from contributors in nine countries, this book showcases much-needed research on current issues around migration and social work in Europe. Focusing on the reception, experiences and integration of refugees and asylum...

Leading migration researcher Louise Ryan’s topical and intersectional book provides rich insights into migrants’ social networks. It draws on more than 200 interviews with migrants who followed various transnational routes in every decade since the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780871544995Author Ernesto Casta�edaFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Russell Sage FoundationPublisher Russell Sage FoundationWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780871545626Author Onoso ImoageneFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Russell Sage FoundationPublisher Russell Sage FoundationWeight(grams) 454g

The contributors to this volume suggest that emigration is not simply a cultural tradition or behavioural trait of the Irish, but a social class and gendered response to structures operating in Irish society and the global economy.Book InformationISBN...

The Hmong diaspora radiates from Southeast Asia to include far-flung nations like the United States, New Zealand, and Argentina. Sangmi Lee draws on the concept of diasporic identity to explore the contemporary experiences of Hmong people living in Vang...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599542041Author Giovanni SchiavoFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Bordighera PressPublisher Bordighera PressWeight(grams) 318g

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New Yorker journalist Jonathan Blitzer has been covering the immigration crisis at America’s southern border since it began, but the current emergency is the end of a much larger story. In this, his first book, Blitzer goes back to the beginning, to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599541884Author Antonio VittiFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Bordighera PressPublisher Bordighera PressWeight(grams) 517g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599540726Author Peter CarravettaFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Bordighera PressPublisher Bordighera PressWeight(grams) 435g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599541693Author Amerigo RuggieroFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Bordighera PressPublisher Bordighera PressWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599540146Author Piero BassettiFormat PaperbackImprint Bordighera PressPublisher Bordighera PressWeight(grams) 209g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599541648Author Luisa del GiudiceFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Bordighera PressPublisher Bordighera PressWeight(grams) 127g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599541716Author Antonio C VittiFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Bordighera PressPublisher Bordighera PressWeight(grams) 152g

This is the story of the Vietnamese boat people-a real-life drama and action at sea, depicting the best and worst of humanity under adversity, trying to survive the journey fleeing SaigonThe Stormy Sea is a true story about how ordinary men coming...

This fascinating study unveils the workings of the Indonesian migration regime, one that sends hundreds of thousands of women abroad as domestic workers each year. Drawing on extended ethnographic research since 2007, the book literally follows migrant...

Over the course of the twentieth century, sequential waves of immigrants from Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa settled in the cities of the Canadian Prairies. In Immigrants in Prairie Cities, Royden Loewen and Gerald Friesen analyze the processes...

This historical review of the US treatment of immigrants and minority groups documents the suspicion and persecution that often met newcomers and those perceived to be different. Contrary to popular belief, the poor and huddled masses were never welcome...

In recent years, dozens of counties in North Carolina have partnered with federal law enforcement in the criminalization of immigration—what many have dubbed "crimmigration." Southern border enforcement still monopolizes the national immigration debate,...

The story of early English Canadian immigration to Canada is finally told in detail. Ignored but Not Forgotten is a compelling and moving account of one of Canada's foremost immigrant groups: the story of the great migration of English people to Canada...

Although Canada is known internationally as a leader among industrialized countries for inclusive practices towards immigrants and refugees, the twenty-first century has witnessed a rise in the number of refugees and temporary migrant workers who are...

Although Canada is known internationally as a leader among industrialized countries for inclusive practices towards immigrants and refugees, the twenty-first century has witnessed a rise in the number of refugees and temporary migrant workers who are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780871546814Author Alejandro PortesFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Russell Sage FoundationPublisher Russell Sage FoundationWeight(grams) 495g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816546206Author Alejandra J JosiowiczFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona PressWeight(grams)...

In the late 1850s and early 1860s, the attention of the Catholic and Protes-tant religious communities around the world focused on a few small settle-ments of French-Canadian immigrants in north-central Illinois. Soon after arriv-ing in their new home, a...

Multiculturalism and Integration provides new insights into the important issues of diversity, reasonable accommodation and identity construction in multicultural societies by examining the experiences of Canada and Ireland. While these two societies...

Human migration has reached an unprecedented level, and the numbers are expected to continue growing into the foreseeable future. Host societies and migrants face challenges in ensuring that the benefits of migration accrue to both parties, and that...

In recent decades the ebb and flow of immigration to Canada has changed significantly, with the majority of immigrants coming from non-European countries. A striking feature of this shift is that a significant proportion of immigrants are non-Christians...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780470423349Author Jeffrey KayeFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint John Wiley & Sons LtdPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 543g

The Hmong diaspora radiates from Southeast Asia to include far-flung nations like the United States, New Zealand, and Argentina. Sangmi Lee draws on the concept of diasporic identity to explore the contemporary experiences of Hmong people living in Vang...

The personal journals examined in Reading the Diaries of Henry Trent are not the witty, erudite, and gracefully written exercises that have drawn the attention of most biographers and literary scholars. Prosaic, ungrammatical, and poorly spelled, the...

The ease of transportation, the opening of international immigration policies, the growing refugee movements, and the increasing size of unauthorized immigrant populations suggest that immigration worldwide is a phenomenon of utmost importance to...

International migration has reached new heights since the 1960s. Altogether, some 215 million people live in countries other than their countries of birth, and according to surveys, another 700 million say they would leave their homes and move to another...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780871548009Author Leah SchmalzbauerFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint Russell Sage FoundationPublisher Russell Sage Foundation

In the rural Philippines, a scarcity of resources and opportunities has made migration to urban areas one part of family and household strategies for mobility and survival.  The City Connection examines the ways in which families form networks of...