Book Reviews

Gender and U.S. Immigration: Contemporary Trends

Monica Boyd of University of Toronto reviews Gender and U.S. Immigration: Contemporary Trends by Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo. Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo posits that resurgent immigration is one of the most powerful forces disrupting and realigning everyday life in the United States and elsewhere, and...

Barrio Dreams: Puerto Ricans, Latinos, and the Neoliberal City

Arturo Ignacio Sánchez of Barnard College reviews Barrio Dreams: Puerto Ricans, Latinos, and the Neoliberal City by Arlene Dávila. Arlene Dávila brilliantly considers the cultural politics of urban space in this lively exploration of Puerto Rican and Latino experience in New...

The European Union and Internal Security. Guardian of the People?

Orlando Rodriguez of Fordham University reviews The European Union and Internal Security. Guardian of the People? by Valsamis Mitsilegas, Jorg Monar, and Wyn Rees. Valsamis Mitsilegas, Jorg Monar, and Wyn Rees show that during the post-Cold war period new security...

From Cuenca to Queens: An Anthropological Story of Transnational Migration

O. Hugo Benavides of Fordham University reviews From Cuenca to Queens: An Anthropological Story of Transnational Migration by Ann Miles. Ann Miles writes on transnational migration as a controversial and much-discussed issue in both the popular media and the social sciences,...

International Immigration Policy: A Theoretical and Comparative Analysis

Gary P. Freeman of University of Texas at Austin reviews International Immigration Policy: A Theoretical and Comparative Analysis by Eytan Meyers. Eytan Meyers discusses the numerous studies that explore immigration policies of individual receiving countries. But these studies share several...

Coming Home? Refugees, Migrants and those who Stayed Behind

Maxine L. Marcolis of University of Florida reviews Coming Home? Refugees, Migrants and those who Stayed Behind by Lynellyn D. Long and Ellen Oxfeld. Lynellyn D. Long and Ellen Oxfeld discuss how the pull of the familiar and the desire to...

Romance on a Global Stage: Pen Pals, Virtual Ethnography, and “Mail Order” Marriages

Genelle Gaudinez of the University of Southern California reviews Romance on a Global Stage: Pen Pals, Virtual Ethnography, and “Mail Order” Marriages by Nicole Constable. Nicole Constable explains that by the year 2000 more than 350 Internet agencies were plying...

Land! Irish Pioneers in Mexican and Revolutionary Texas

Timothy Meagher of Catholic University of America reviews Land! Irish Pioneers in Mexican and Revolutionary Texas by Graham Davis. Graham Davis tells an Irish-Texan story of the search for land by recounting the experiences of the original empresarios John McMullen,...

On the Move: Women in Rural-to-Urban Migration in Contemporary China

Li Zhang of the University of California, Davis reviews On the Move: Women in Rural-to-Urban Migration in Contemporary China by Arianne M. Gaetano and Tamara Jacka. Arianne M. Gaetano and Tamara Jacka explore the impact of migration on the identities,...

Irregular Migration. The Dilemmas of Transnational Mobility

Thomas Faist of the University of Toronto reviews Irregular Migration. The Dilemmas of Transnational Mobility by Bill Jordan and Franck Düvell. Bill Jordan and Franck Düvell provide a theoretical framework for the analysis of mobility and border crossings in an...