Migration Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Americas is a region on the move and is both the source and recipient of some of the largest migrations in the world today. While much scholarship and public commentary focus on the considerable movement of people northward toward the United States, most of the millions of migrants from the Americas are in fact, the authors reveal, staying ......
Chinese migrants are playing increasingly large, stratified roles in the informal economies of South America. One of the clearest examples of this phenomenon is in the region's largest informal economy of counterfeit and smuggled goods, spanning from Ciudad del Este, the Paraguayan border city, to Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest metropolis. Here, ......
Chinese migrants are playing increasingly large, stratified roles in the informal economies of South America. One of the clearest examples of this phenomenon is in the region's largest informal economy of counterfeit and smuggled goods, spanning from Ciudad del Este, the Paraguayan border city, to Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest metropolis. Here, ......
2020 Foreword INDIE awards winner The Battle to Stay in America is the story of a community coming to grips with the federal government's crackdown on immigrants, and learning how to defend itself. Informative and personal, this is a story about mothers and fathers, lawyers and activists, local police and federal agencies, and a struggle for ......
The personal nature of domestic labor, and its location in the privacy of the employer's home, means that domestic workers have long struggled for equitable and consistent labor rights. The dominant discourse regards the home as separate from work, so envisioning what its legal regulation would look like is remarkably challenging. In Bringing Law ......
The personal nature of domestic labor, and its location in the privacy of the employer's home, means that domestic workers have long struggled for equitable and consistent labor rights. The dominant discourse regards the home as separate from work, so envisioning what its legal regulation would look like is remarkably challenging. In Bringing Law ......
People and Perception in U.S. and Korean Transnational Relations, 1905-1965
Ties That Bind narrates five stories of how a transnational community helped shape American perceptions and understandings of Korea and Koreans, from a time when only a small number of Americans knew anything about Korea to a time when most Americans were aware of Korea's geopolitical significance. Three of the moments took place when Korea was a ......
Strategies of Inclusion in the Global Iranian Diaspora
Offers an in-depth exploration of the Iranian diaspora and the negotiation of belonging With an estimated 5 to 8 million people spread across the globe, the Iranian diaspora has become a visible and dynamic cultural presence-especially in North America and Europe. Faced with shallow or distorted portrayals, diasporic Iranians have responded to ......
Strategies of Inclusion in the Global Iranian Diaspora
Offers an in-depth exploration of the Iranian diaspora and the negotiation of belonging With an estimated 5 to 8 million people spread across the globe, the Iranian diaspora has become a visible and dynamic cultural presence-especially in North America and Europe. Faced with shallow or distorted portrayals, diasporic Iranians have responded to ......
