Book Reviews

Marriage Without Borders: Transnational Spouses in Neoliberal Senegal

María Hernández-Carretero of University of Olso reviews Marriage Without Borders Transnational Spouses in Neoliberal Senegal by Dinah Hannaford. Dinah Hannaford writes a multi-sited study of Senegalese migration and marriage that showcases contemporary changes in kinship practices across the globe engendered by the neoliberal demand for...

Brokering Servitude: Migration and the Politics of Domestic Labor during the Long Nineteenth Century

Stephanie Hinnershitz of Cleveland State University reviews Brokering Servitude: Migration and the Politics of Domestic Labor during the Long Nineteenth Century by Andrew Urban. Andrew Urban offers a history of domestic servants, focusing on how Irish immigrant women, Chinese immigrant men,...

The Legal Protection of Refugees with Disabilities: Forgotten and Invisible?

Mansha Mirza of the University of Illinois at Chicago reviews The Legal Protection of Refugees with Disabilities: Forgotten and Invisible? by Mary Crock, Laura Smith-Khan, Ron McCallum and Ben Saul. Mary Crock, Laura Smith-Khan, Ron McCallum and Ben Saul focus on...

The History of the European Migration Regime: Germany’s Strategic Hegemony

Maria Chiara Vinciguerra of University of Cambridge reviews The History of the European Migration Regime: Germany’s Strategic Hegemony by Emmanuel Comte. Emmanuel Comte describes the international migration regime in Europe after the second world war, which took a course different from the...

Merchants of Labor: Recruiters and International Labor Migration

David McCollum of University of St Andrews reviews Merchants of Labor: Recruiters and International Labor Migration by Philip Martin. Philip Martin presents merchants of labor as the intermediary recruiters between workers in one country and employers in another. They have a...

Looking to London: Stories of War, Escape and Asylum

Elena Vacchelli of University of Greenwich reviews Looking to London: Stories of War, Escape and Asylum by Cynthia Cockburn. Cynthia Cockburn discusses how London is celebrated as one of the most ethnically diverse capitals in the world and has been a...

Porous Borders: Multiracial Migrations and the Law in the US-Mexico Borderlands

Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah of University at Buffalo, State University of New York reviews Porous Borders: Multiracial Migrations and the Law in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands by Julian Lim. Julian Lim presents a fresh study of the multiracial intersections of the U.S.-Mexico...

The Experiences of Ghanaian Live-In Caregivers in the United States

Cati Coe of Rutgers University reviews The Experiences of Ghanaian Live-In Caregivers in the United States by Martha Donkor. Martha Donkor examines the migration of the women to the US and their decisions to care for upper middle class white...

Voces de la Repatriación: La Sociedad Mexicana y la Repatriación de Mexicanos de Estados Unidos 1930-1933

Adam Goodman of the University of Illinois at Chicago reviews Voces de la Repatriación: La Sociedad Mexicana y la Repatriación de Mexicanos de Estados Unidos 1930-1933 by Fernando Saúl Alanís Enciso. Fernando Saúl Alanís Enciso examines the actions, ideas and perspectives that were...

Asylum Policy, Boat People and Political Discourse: Boats, Votes and Asylum in Australia and Italy

Josh Watkins of Texas A&M University reviews Asylum Policy, Boat People and Political Discourse: Boats, Votes and Asylum in Australia and Italy by Irial Glynn. Irial Glynn compares the policies of Australia and Italy towards boat people who have arrived in the two...