Emigration category: 2215 books

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India Migration Report 2017

Forced Migration

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Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018

The India Migration Report 2017 examines forced migration caused by political conflicts, climate change, disasters (natural and man-made) and development projects. India accounts for large numbers of internally displaced people in the world. Apart from conflicts and disasters, over the years development...
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Fields of Resistance

The Struggle of Florida's Farmworkers for Justice

by Silvia Giagnoni
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011

Written by a participant in an accessible narrative style
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Divided Fates

The State, Race, and Korean Immigrants' Adaptation in Japan and the United States

by Kazuko Suzuki
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016

This book compares the Korean diasporic groups in Japan and the United States. It highlights the contrasting adaptation of Koreans in Japan and the United States, and illuminates how the destinies of immigrants who originally belonged to the same ethnic/national collectivity diverge depending upon...
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by Ilona Bray, J.D., Loida Nicolas Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018

Demystifies immigration law, helping ordinary people figure out whether they’re eligible for a U.S. green card and how best to apply for it.
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by Olusegun Asekun
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2017

ABOUT THE BOOK Knowledge is important; and the right answers to your questions make all the difference. If you lack the right knowledge, it will be difficult, if not impossible for you to achieve your dreams. Immigrants from all over world - Africa, Europe, Asia, South America, etc, arrive the United...
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Golden Dragon and Purple Phoenix

The Chinese and Their Multi-Ethnic Descendants in Southeast Asia

by Khoon Choy Lee
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013

News & media coverage! Book Launch of Golden Dragon and Purple Phoenix - 3rd July 2013 Many books have been written about the Chinese in Southeast Asia, but very few, if any, are written specifically about the multi-ethnic descendants of Chinese immigrants. Golden Dragon and Purple Phoenix...
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by Samir Kumar Das
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018

This book explores contesting identities, international politics, migration and democratic practices in the context of globalizing India. Drawing on extensive ethnographic research, it looks at one of the oldest migratory routes across a volatile region in eastern India which is fraught with violent...
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Bordered Lives

How Europe Fails Refugees and Migrants

by Hsiao-Hung Pai
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018

•  From the Orwell Prize-shortlisted author of Chinese Whispers: The True Story Behind Britain's Hidden Army of Labour and Scattered Sand: The Story of China's Rural Migrants which won the Bread and Roses Award in 2013. •  Hsiao-Hung Pai was shortlisted for EMMA’s Best Print Journalism in...
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Global Talent

Skilled Labor as Social Capital in Korea

by Gi-Wook Shin, Joon Nak Choi
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015

Global Talent seeks to examine the utility of skilled foreigners beyond their human capital value by focusing on their social capital potential, especially their role as transnational bridges between host and home countries. Gi-Wook Shin and Joon Nak Choi build on an emerging stream of research that...
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The Chinese in Silicon Valley

Globalization, Social Networks, and Ethnic Identity

by Bernard P. Wong
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2005

The Chinese in Silicon Valley examines the complex and ever-growing role of Chinese American scientists and engineers in Silicon Valley. Globalization brings workers from many different countries and cultures together, impacting more than just their work environments. The Chinese who settle in Silicon...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014

Migration has transformed Taiwanese society in the last 20 years. The main inflows have been temporary workers from Southeast Asian countries and female spouses from Southeast Asia and China marrying Taiwanese husbands. The main outflow has been migration to China, as a result of increased economic...
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Yokohama Yankee

My Family's Five Generations as Outsiders in Japan

by Leslie Helm
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013

Leslie D. Helm's decision to adopt Japanese children launches him on a personal journey through his family's 140 years in Japan, beginning with his great-grandfather, who worked as a military advisor in 1870 and defied custom to marry his Japanese mistress. The family's poignant experiences of love...
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Africa after Apartheid

South Africa, Race, and Nation in Tanzania

by Richard A. Schroeder
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2012

Tracing the expansion of South African business into other areas of Africa in the years after apartheid, Richard A. Schroeder explores why South Africans have not always made themselves welcome guests abroad. By looking at investments in Tanzania, a frontline state in the fight for liberation, Schroeder...
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Zimbabwean Communities in Britain

Imperial and Post-Colonial Identities and Legacies

by Christopher Roy Zembe
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018

This book examines why Zimbabwean immigrants in Britain should be viewed as a product of ethno-racial identities and prejudices developed and nurtured during the colonial and post-colonial phases of Zimbabwe’s history. In the absence of shared historic socio-economic or cultural commonalities, the...
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