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Living "Illegal"
New Press, The 2011; US$ 26.95Today?s polarized debates over immigration revolve around a set of one-dimensional characters and unchallenged stereotypes. Yet the resulting policy prescriptions, not least of them Arizona?s draconian new law SB 1070, are dangerously real and profoundly counterproductive. A major new antidote to this trend, Living ?Illegal? is an ambitious new... more...
Transnational Marriage
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 125.00Marriages spanning borders are not a new phenomenon, but occur with increasing frequency and contribute substantially to international mobility and transnational engagement. Perhaps because such migration has often been treated as ?secondary? to labor migration, marriage has until recent years been a neglected field in migration studies. In contemporary... more...
Partnerschaftszufriedenheit von Deutschen und türkischen Migranten
Springer 2012; US$ 54.99Sind in Deutschland lebende türkische Paare zufriedener als deutsche Paare? Oder sind türkische Paare aufgrund ihrer sozioökonomischen Deprivation krisenanfälliger und daher unzufriedener? Unter Anwendung von Strukturgleichungsmodellen prüft Sabine Gründler die Wirkung der sozialen Lage auf die Partnerschaftszufriedenheit.... more...
Migration and Organized Civil Society
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 135.00Migrant organizations are of vital importance for countries of residence and countries of origin, but the empirical and theoretical knowledge of the cross-border character of migrant organizations remains incomplete. It is clear that migrant transnationalism challenges the governance of nation-states on the local and national levels. This book,... more...
Transforming America
ABC-CLIO 2012; US$ 163.00Utilizing multiple perspectives of related academic disciplines, this book enables readers to understand the complexity of immigration to the United States and grasp how our history of immigration has made this nation what it is today. more...
Diasporas in the Contemporary World
Wiley 2013; US$ 69.95Throughout human history people have moved across national borders. With the advent of globalization, they are now moving in record numbers in search of greater security or better livelihoods. Diasporas have become an ever important and visible presence in the modern world. Their existence has sometimes resulted in violence and ethnic conflict, and... more...
Global Crossings
Independent Institute 2013; US$ 16.99Migration has been happening, in varying forms, for millennia but it still elicits fear and mistrust, and not just on the part of the ?receiving? society. Communities from where people migrate often disapprove of the migrants? decision and consider it treacherous. The recent reawakening of the debate about migration in the new millennium has evoked... more...
Chinese Americans and Their Immigrant Parents
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 39.95Based 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 Chinese and American cultures and the immigration experience. Unique and practical, this is a nonclinical work that will help Asian Americans... more...
The Emergence of Everything
Oxford University Press 2000; US$ 19.99Framing the West argues that photography was intrinsic to British territorial expansion and settlement on the northwest coast. Williams shows how male and female settlers used photography to establish control over the territory and its indigenous inhabitants, as well as how native peoples eventually turned the technology to their own purposes. Photographs... more...
Ellis Island to Ebbets Field
Oxford University Press 1993; US$ 19.95A general study of Jewish participation in American sports, which focuses specifically on baseball, boxing and basketball. The author refutes the assumption that Jewish tradition has not been positive about sporting activities. more...









