Emigration Immigration category: 2215 books
A Guide to Studying and Living in Britain
Up-to-date Information and Advice for International Students in the UK
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
Every year more than 270,000 students from all around the world come to study in the UK - and the number is growing by 10 per cent a year. At present, most students coming to the UK have to rely on information from their friends, and brief leaflets and booklets supplied by universities. This indispensable...
Making Immigrant Rights Real
Nonprofits and the Politics of Integration in San Francisco
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
More than half of the 41 million foreign-born individuals in the United States today are noncitizens, half have difficulty with English, a quarter are undocumented, and many are poor. As a result, most immigrants have few opportunities to make their voices heard in the political process. Nonprofits...
Mongrels, Bastards, Orphans, and Vagabonds
Mexican Immigration and the Future of Race in America
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
An unprecedented account of the long-term cultural and political influences that Mexican-Americans will have on the collective character of our nation.In considering the largest immigrant group in American history, Gregory Rodriguez examines the complexities of its heritage and of the racial and cultural...
Just Work?
Migrant Workers' Struggles Today
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2015
This book offers a vast range of grassroots perspectives on global migrant labour organisation in the twenty-first century. From workers' organisations in South African migrant worker resistance in the Gulf, from forest workers in the Czech Republic to domestic workers' structures in Hong Kong, this...
Brain Drain
Propensity for Malaysian Professionals to Leave for Singapore
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
This book focuses on skilled labour migration from Malaysia to Singapore. In this regard, it examines a number of variables such as Better Perks and Benefits, Quality of Work Life, Ease of Immigration Procedures, International Exposure, Greater Job Availability, and Social Networks, and how they influence...
Sacrificing Families
Navigating Laws, Labor, and Love Across Borders
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2014
Widening global inequalities make it difficult for parents in developing nations to provide for their children, and both mothers and fathers often find that migration in search of higher wages is their only hope. Their dreams are straightforward: with more money, they can improve their children's...
by Fiona Chan
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2017
Did you know that the processing times for Australian partner visas are close to 15 months? What if I told you that you can speed up this process by following a simple road map?
This easy-to-follow guide will provide you with a road map to get your Australian partner visa application ready...
The Snakehead
An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2009
In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, Patrick Radden Keefe investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tiny noodle shop in New York’s Chinatown managed a multi-million dollar business smuggling people.
Keefe reveals the...
The Marriage Act
The Risk I Took to Keep My Best Friend in America, and What It Taught Us About Love
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
**“**Monroy captures the mysterious essence of what tugs at our hearts, what makes certain human relationships love affairs, friendships, partnerships.” —Interview Magazine
After her traditional engagement to her high school sweetheart falls apart, Liza Monroy faced the prospect of another...
Go Back to Where You Came From
The Backlash Against Immigration and the Fate of Western Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
What if politicians pose a graver threat to liberal democracy than mass migration?
Brexit and Donald Trump's victory were just the beginning--and Marine Le Pen's defeat does not signal a turning of the tide. --From the Introduction
From Europe to the United States, opportunistic politicians...
by Edward E. Rochon
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
A brief preface opines the problem of a country that cannot control access to its own territory and proclaims the essay as an open letter to America. Chapter 1 proposes a 3 layer ECM (Electronics Counter-Measures) wall set up by military units as part of their training to get double use of expenditures....
Mapping the New African Diaspora in China
Race and the Cultural Politics of Belonging
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
When one thinks of African diasporas, it is likely that their mind will automatically drift to locations such as Europe and America. But how much is known about the African diaspora in East Asia and, in particular, within China, where race is such a politically sensitive topic?
Based on multi-sited...
Futureface
A Family Mystery, an Epic Quest, and the Secret to Belonging
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
An acclaimed journalist travels the globe to solve the mystery of her ancestry, confronting the question at the heart of the American experience of immigration, race, and identity: Who are my people?
“A thoughtful, beautiful meditation on what makes us who we are . . . and the values and...
Function-Based Spatiality and the Development of Korean Communities in Japan
A Complex Adaptive Systems Theory Approach
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014
Function-Based Spatiality and the Development of Korean Communities in Japan utilizes the theoretical model of complex adaptive systems and introduces the concept of function-based spatiality to investigate the roles of the urban environments of Tokyo and Osaka in the development of Korean communities...