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Journey without End: Migration from the Global South through the Americas by Andrew Nelson
RRP: $110.94$110.89Journey without End chronicles the years-long journey of extracontinentales-African and South Asian migrants moving through Latin America toward the United States. Based on five years of collaborative research between a journalist and an anthropologist,... -
Remaking the American Mainstream: Assimilation and Contemporary Immigration Richard Alba 9780674018136
$38.79In this age of multicultural democracy, the idea of assimilation--that the social distance separating immigrants and their children from the mainstream of American society closes over time--seems outdated and, in some forms, even offensive. But as... -
Migration - Networks - Skills: Anthropological Perspectives on Mobility and Transformation by Astrid Wonneberger
RRP: $58.04$47.39Migration, networks, skills: these keywords not only denote three popular and important fields of current investigation in Social Sciences and Cultural Studies, they also mark the wide range of interests of cultural and social anthropologist Waltraud... -
You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation by Julissa Arce
RRP: $28.37$20.05"A love letter to our people-full of fury and passion." - Jose Olivarez, award-winning poet and author of Citizen Illegal "If you could take Rodolfo Gonzales epic poem 'I Am Joaquin' and explain it through compelling, personal narrative in... -
Ethics of Migration Research Methodology: Dealing with Vulnerable Immigrants by Ilse van Liempt
$131.08The recent increased attention given to qualitative research, and especially research involving vulnerable persons, has not yet been adequately translated into corresponding research on the methodological and ethical challenges researchers face. The... -
Unfree: Migrant Domestic Work in Arab States by Rhacel Salazar Parrenas
RRP: $24.50$21.57A stirring account of the experiences of migrant domestic workers, and what freedom, abuse, and power mean within a vast contract labor system. In the United Arab Emirates, there is an employment sponsorship system known as the kafala. Migrant domestic... -
Fortress Europe: Inside the War Against Immigration by Matthew Carr
RRP: $16.76$15.42For nearly thirty years the Berlin Wall symbolised a divided Europe. In the euphoric aftermath of the Cold War, the advent of a new 'borderless' world was hailed, one in which such barriers would become obsolete. Today these utopian predictions have yet... -
The Death of Asylum: Hidden Geographies of the Enforcement Archipelago by Alison Mountz
RRP: $28.37$24.76Investigating the global system of detention centers that imprison asylum seekers and conceal persistent human rights violations Remote detention centers confine tens of thousands of refugees, asylum seekers, and undocumented immigrants around the... -
The Compatriots: The Brutal and Chaotic History of Russia's Exiles, Emigres, and Agents Abroad by Andrei Soldatov
RRP: $32.25$23.23From the time of the tsars to the waning days of Communist regime, Russian leaders tried to control the flow of ideas by controlling its citizens' movements. They believed strict limits on travel combined with censorship was the best way to escape the... -
The Cosmopolites: The Coming of the Global Citizen by Atossa Araxia Abrahamian 9780990976363
RRP: $12.89$8.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990976363Author Atossa Araxia AbrahamianFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Columbia Global ReportsPublisher Columbia Global ReportsWeight(grams) 184g -
Looking to London: Stories of War, Escape and Asylum by Cynthia Cockburn
RRP: $21.92$14.89The city of London is celebrated as one of the most ethnically diverse capitals in the world, and has been a magnet of migration since its origin. Looking to London steps into the maelstrom of current and recent wars and the resulting migration crisis,... -
Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui
RRP: $30.95$22.94National bestseller 2017 National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Finalist ABA Indies Introduce Winter / Spring 2017 Selection Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Spring 2017 Selection ALA 2018 Notable Books Selection An intimate and poignant... -
Forging Diasporic Citizenship: Narratives from German-Born Turkish Ausländer by Gül Çalışkan
RRP: $38.69$34.19Around the world, a new kind of diasporic citizenship is appearing, especially among diasporic people such as German-born Berliners of Turkish origin. Drawing on interviews conducted over a fifteen-year period, Forging Diasporic Citizenship explores the... -
Great Immigration Scandal by Steve Moxon 9781845400781
$14.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845400781Author Steve MoxonFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Imprint AcademicPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 400g -
Life History and the Irish Migrant Experience in Post-War England: Myth, Memory and Emotional Adaption by Barry Hazley 9781526163752
RRP: $38.70$34.42Life history and the Irish migrant experience offers a fresh perspective on the significance of England's largest post-war migrant group for current debates on identity and difference in contemporary Britain. The first book to apply Popular Memory Theory... -
The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio 9780399592683
RRP: $33.54$18.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for National Book Awards.Book InformationISBN 9780399592683Author Karla Cornejo VillavicencioFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint One World BooksPublisher... -
Uncertain Citizenship: Life in the Waiting Room Anne-Marie Fortier 9781526163707
RRP: $32.25$26.19Uncertainty is central to the governance of citizenship, but in ways that erase, even deny, this uncertainty. This book investigates uncertain citizenship from the unique vantage point of 'citizenisation': twenty-first-century integration and... -
Paper Sons and Daughters: Growing up Chinese in South Africa by Ufrieda Ho 9780821420201
RRP: $21.92$19.44Ufrieda Ho's compelling memoir describes with intimate detail what it was like to come of age in the marginalized Chinese community of Johannesburg during the apartheid era of the 1970s and 1980s. The Chinese were mostly ignored, as Ho describes it,... -
From Top Mountain: An Autobiography by Joe Aldred 9781910553206
RRP: $15.47$10.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910553206Author Joe AldredFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Hansib Publications LimitedPublisher Hansib Publications LimitedWeight(grams) 300g -
All Else Failed: The Unlikely Volunteers at the Heart of the Migrant Aid Crisis by Dana Sachs
RRP: $16.76$11.26In 2015, increasing numbers of refugees and migrants, most of them fleeing war-torn homelands, arrived by boat on the shores of Greece, setting off the greatest human displacement in Europe since WWII. As journalists reported horrific mass drownings, an... -
Fortress Britain?: Ethical Approaches to Immigration Policy for a Post-Brexit Britain by Ben Ryan
RRP: $32.24$24.12Immigration is a key concern in British society; however, the ethical implications of the issue are often overlooked. Produced by Theos, a leading Christian think tank, this collection of short essays explores the ethical issues surrounding immigration... -
Escaping Wars and Waves: Encounters with Syrian Refugees by Olivier Kugler 9781912408122
RRP: $25.79$17.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Jury Prize, European Design Awards 2018.Book InformationISBN 9781912408122Author Olivier KuglerFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint Myriad EditionsPublisher Myriad... -
Migrant, Refugee, Smuggler, Saviour by Peter Tinti 9781849046800
$23.01Migrant, Refugee, Smuggler, Saviour investigates one of the most under-examined aspects of the great migration crisis of our time. As millions seek passage to Europe in order to escape conflicts, repressive governments and poverty, their movements are... -
Refugee Economies: Forced Displacement and Development by Alexander Betts 9780198795681
RRP: $54.81$42.91Refugees have rarely been studied by economists. Despite some pioneering research on the economic lives of refugees, there remains a lack of theory and empirical data through which to understand, and build upon, refugees' own engagement with markets... -
The Hungry Season: A Journey of War, Love, and Survival by Lisa M Hamilton 9780316415897
RRP: $38.70$29.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316415897Author Lisa M HamiltonFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Little Brown and CompanyPublisher Little Brown and CompanyWeight(grams)... -
License to Travel: A Cultural History of the Passport by Patrick Bixby
RRP: $27.09$20.28This surprising global history of an indispensable document reveals how the passport has shaped art, thought, and human experience while helping to define the modern world. In License to Travel, Patrick Bixby takes the reader on a captivating journey... -
Social Causation and Biographical Research: Philosophical, Theoretical and Methodological Arguments by Giorgos Tsiolis 9780367620394
RRP: $25.79$22.82This book extends debates in the field of biographical research, arguing that causal explanations are not at odds with biographical research and that biographical research is in fact a valuable tool for explaining why things in social and personal lives... -
The Other Windrush: Legacies of Indenture in Britain's Caribbean Empire by Maria del Pilar Kaladeen 9780745343556
RRP: $109.65$84.31'This illuminating, vivid volume is a fitting tribute to the experiences of migration' - Hanif Kureishi Between the arrival of the HMT Empire Windrush in 1948 and the passing of the 1971 Immigration Act, half a million people came to the UK from the... -
In Search of a Better Life: British and Irish Migration by Graham Davis 9780752459547
RRP: $24.50$18.47In 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... -
Transit States: Labour, Migration and Citizenship in the Gulf Abdulhadi Khalaf 9780745335209
RRP: $38.69$29.70There are vast swathes of people in economic migration across the Gulf states today. In total, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar form the largest destination for labour migration in the global South. This book studies... -
Political Refugees: A New Perspective by Armin Danesh 9781538167496
RRP: $38.70$34.42Many books about refugees focus on their trauma, loss, and victimhood. Refugees are often regarded as problems for governments and social services in the countries where they seek asylum. This unique book presents a very different view. Coupling... -
The New Londoners Chris Steele-Perkins 9781911306450
RRP: $45.15$34.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911306450Author Chris Steele-PerkinsFormat HardbackPage Count 348Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis Publishing -
Divergent Paths: Family Histories of Irish Emigrants in Britain, 1820-1920 by John Herson
RRP: $45.15$31.86This book is unique in adopting a family history approach to Irish immigrants in nineteenth century Britain. It shows that the family was central to the migrants' lives and identities. The techniques of family and digital history are used for the first... -
I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir by Malaka Gharib
RRP: $18.05$12.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525575115Author Malaka GharibFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Clarkson PotterPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Legacies: The Story of the Immigrant Second Generation by Alejandro Portes
RRP: $37.41$29.59One out of five Americans, more than 55 million people, are first-or second-generation immigrants. This landmark study, the most comprehensive to date, probes all aspects of the new immigrant second generation's lives, exploring their immense potential... -
The Wolves are Coming Back: The Politics of Fear in Eastern Germany by Rebecca Pates
RRP: $32.25$22.73Across Eastern Germany, where political allegiances are shifting to the right, the wolf is increasingly seen as a trespasser and threat to the local way of life. Styled by populist right-wing actors as an 'invasive species', the wolf evokes and resonates... -
Solidarity without Borders: Gramscian Perspectives on Migration and Civil Society Alliances by Oscar Garcia Agustin 9780745336312
$36.61Solidarity without Borders reads the micropolitics of migrants as political actors within a Gramscian context by observing alliances between migrants and trade unions, worker organisations and other radical constituencies. This book argues for... -
You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation by Julissa Arce 9781250827821
RRP: $20.63$14.23"You sound like a white girl." These were the words spoken to Julissa by a high school crush as she struggled to find her place in America. As a brown immigrant from Mexico, assimilation had been demanded of her since the moment she set foot in San... -
Home Again: Stories of Migration and Return by Celia Sorhaindo
RRP: $12.89$9.02"Frankness and insight." New West India GuideWhat happens when people return to the land of their birth after decades away? The migrants' journey is a well-told story but much less is known about those who return. Why do they go back? What is it like to... -
The Irish in Post-War Britain by Enda Delaney 9780199686070
$49.99Exploring the neglected history of Britain's largest migrant population, this is a major new study of the Irish in Britain after 1945. The Irish in Post-War Britain reconstructs, with both empathy and imagination, the histories of the lost generation who...