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Immigrant America
This revised, updated, and expanded fourth edition of Immigrant America: A Portrait provides readers with a comprehensive and current overview of immigration to the United States …
Spanish Legacies
Much like the United States, the countries of Western Europe have experienced massive immigration in the last three decades. Spain, in particular, has been transformed from an …
Urbanization and Migration in Three Continents
This book offers a systematic historical analysis of the relationships between migration and the development of cities, including their physical, economic, and cultural …
The Informal Economy
A New York roofer requests payment in cash. A Bogota car mechanic sets up "shop" on a quiet side street. Four Mexican immigrants assemble semiconductors in a San Diego home. A …
Rethinking Migration
With the increasing worldwide problems of migration, research into its causes and effects become ever more urgent. This volume takes stock of recent advancements that social …
Latin Journey
"Latin Journey" details an eight-year study of Mexican and Cuban immigrants.
Globalization on the Ground
This book presents research, analysis, and reflections on the major issues of Guatemalan development and democracy: the role of the military, the involvement of Mayan communities …
Urban Latin America
Much research on the city in developing societies has focused mainly on one of three areas—planning, demography, or economics—and has emphasized either power elites or the masses, …
City on the Edge
'The authors reveal how the Cuban success story has transformed the character of Miami while delineating more sharply the identity of other ethnic communities' - "New York Times …
The Global Edge
Over the last quarter century, no other city like Miami has rapidly transformed into a global city. The Global Edge charts the social tensions and unexpected consequences of this …
Institutions Count
What leads to national progress? The growing consensus in the social sciences is that neither capital flows, nor the savings rate, nor diffuse values are the key, but that it lies …