Emigration category: 2215 books
The Rhetorics of US Immigration
Identity, Community, Otherness
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
In the current geopolitical climate—in which unaccompanied children cross the border in record numbers, and debates on the topic swing violently from pole to pole—the subject of immigration demands innovative inquiry. In The Rhetorics of US Immigration, some of the most prominent and prolific...
by Ellen Boccuzzi
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
With the acceleration of global migration, literature by migrant writers has emerged as a powerful medium for describing the ways in which global forces are experienced at the personal level. Migrant literature offers a compelling counter‐narrative to abstract visions of globalization, grounding...
by Jenny Pattrick
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
A terrific historical novel full of compelling events, vivid communities and the irresistible character of Conrad Rasmussen. In this companion novel to the bestselling Denniston novels, the free spirit is pitted against the forces of tradition.On the run from an unfortunate 'indiscretion', young Conrad...
Asylum after Empire
Colonial Legacies in the Politics of Asylum Seeking
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2017
Asylum seekers are not welcome in Europe. But why is that the case? For many scholars, the policies have become more restrictive over recent decades because the asylum seekers have changed. This change is often said to be about numbers, methods of travel, and reasons for flight. In short: we are in...
In the Name of Women's Rights
The Rise of Femonationalism
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017
Sara R. Farris examines the demands for women's rights from an unlikely collection of right-wing nationalist political parties, neoliberals, and some feminist theorists and policy makers. Focusing on contemporary France, Italy, and the Netherlands, Farris labels this exploitation and co-optation of...
Trust Not in Princes
The New Holland Settlers and the Last Best West
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
In 1910, twenty Dutch immigrants called the Dutch Twenty arrived in Medicine Hat, Alberta and were the first of their countrymen to apply for the “free” homesteads which were advertised as the “last best west” by the Government of Canada.
This book describes how the people tried to...
Wie is mijn naaste?
Mijn verhaal over de vluchtelingenopvang
Language: Dutch
Release Date: September 19, 2018
Bijna achteloos gaan wij een landsgrens over terwijl er grote groepen zijn die weg willen maar niet kunnen, of hun leven ervoor op het spel moeten zetten. Rosita Steenbeek maakte het lot van vluchtelingen en migranten van heel dichtbij mee. Op Lampedusa, Sicilië en in Libanon hoort zij de intense...
Culture and Immigration in Context
An Ethnography of Romanian Migrant Workers in London
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2014
Based on ethnographic data, this revealing study presents a humane and realistic account of Romanian economic migrants and their life in the UK, providing a more balanced picture of the way new immigrant groups are depicted and popularly perceived.
Chinese Americans and Their Immigrant Parents
Conflict, Identity, and Values
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
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 Chinese and American cultures and the immigration experience. Unique and practical, this is...
by Matt Green
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
How Migration Affects Our Lives ?Migration has been with us since time immemorial.As people search for countries that offer high wages, they also affect national security, the spread of diseases, brain drain and globalization.In all, using the concepts of social construction, definition of...
The Bosnian Diaspora
Integration in Transnational Communities
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
The Bosnian Diaspora: Integration in Transnational Communities provides a comprehensive insight into the situation of the Bosnian Diaspora, including not only experiences in 'western' countries, but also the integration experiences of Bosnian migrants in neighbouring territories, such as Croatia,...
by Samuel C Y Ku, Kristina Kironska
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
There has been an undisputed increase in the importance of migration over the past decades. It is one of the effects of an increasingly globalized world, where capitalism and free trade are gaining prominence. Migration in East and Southeast Asia aims to bring migration-related problems in Asia to...
by Jane Yeonjae Lee
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2018
Why do immigrants return home? Is return migration a failure or a success? How do returnees settle back into their original homeland while retaining their connections to their host society? How do returnees contribute to their homeland with their skills gained from overseas? Transnational Return Migration...
You Welcomed Me
Loving Refugees and Immigrants Because God First Loved Us
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018
"Wait, Dad. Are we for them or against them?" Kent Annan was talking with his eight-year-old son about the immigrant and refugee crises around the world. His son's question, innocent enough in the moment, is writ large across our society today. How we answer it, Annan says, will reveal a...