Social science / Emigration & Immigration

To the Ends of the Earth: Northern Soul and Southern Nights in Western Australia

von 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...

Migration-Trust Networks: Social Cohesion in Mexican Us-Bound Emigration

von 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

von 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...

Living "Illegal": The Human Face of Unauthorized Immigration

von Marie Friedmann Marquardt, Timothy J Steigenga & Philip J. Williams

In June 2012, President Obama’s executive order enforcing parts of the Dream Act and the Supreme Court’s decision to block components of Arizona’s draconian immigration law propelled the immigration debate...

The British Dream: Successes and Failures of Post-war Immigration

von David Goodhart

One of Britain's most influential centre-left thinkers examines UK immigration policy and argues that there have been unforeseen consequences which urgently need to be addressed.

In The British Dream, David Goodhart...

Hope and Glory: Epic Stories of Empire and Commonwealth

von Melissa Blackburn, Steve Humphries & Nick Maddocks

This work covers tales from local people whose journey through life has taken them from their homeland to Britain as well as those who left the Southwest for a life overseas. Testimonies and reconstructions...

Our North America: Social and Political Issues beyond NAFTA

von 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

von 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...

And Hell Followed With Her: Crossing the Dark Side of the American Border

von David Neiwert

A work of literary true crime that captures the terrifying world of the right wing border patrol movement.

The Winged Seed: A Remembrance

von Li-Young Lee

A reissue of acclaimed poet Li-Young Lee's heart-wrenching memoir, with a new foreword by the author and never-before-seen photos.

Chinese Americans and Their Immigrant Parents: Conflict, Identity, and Values

von 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...

African Immigrants in a Diverse United States

von Edward Lama Wonkeryor

Provides an overview of the involuntary and voluntary immigration of people of African nativity to the United States, a discussion of the pre- and post-1960 African immigrant experience, and includes statistics...

Right to DREAM: Immigration Reform and America's Future

von William A. Schwab

Right to DREAM makes a compelling argument for the DREAM Act and comprehensive immigration reform.

Yokohama Yankee: My Family's Five Generations as Outsiders in Japan

von Leslie Helm

A sweeping memoir about a foreign family's five generations as outsiders in Japan.

Imperial Designs: Italians in China 1900-1947

von Shirley Ann Smith

Imperial Designs is the first text in English dealing comprehensively with the Italian colonial experience in China. It confirms imperial policy and the rhetoric of conquest.

Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution

von Jeb Bush & Clint Bolick

The immigration debate has challenged our nation since its founding. But today, it divides Americans more stridently than ever, due to a chronic failure of national leadership by both parties. Here at last is...

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

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

Save time—inform your clinical planning with core knowledge and tips offered from experienced clinicians!

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

Refugee Women and Their Mental Health: Shattered Societies, Shattered Lives

von 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

von 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...

From Exile to Eden: A Family Journal

von Jadwiga Szelazek Morrison

Combining history and hardship, battles and betrayal, miraculous escapes and death-defying encounters, From Exile to Eden chronicles one family’s journey from deportation in Siberia to safety and freedom in...