Book Reviews

Dear China: Emigrant Letters and Remittances, 1820-1980

Kelvin E.Y. Low of the National University of Singapore reviews Dear China: Emigrant Letters and Remittances, 1820-1980 by Benton Gregor & Liu Hong. In this book, the authors explore the characteristics and transformations of qiaopi, one of several names given...

Lawyering an Uncertain Cause: Immigration Advocacy and Chinese Youth in the US

Chiara Galli of the University of California, Los Angeles reviews Lawyering an Uncertain Cause: Immigration Advocacy and Chinese Youth in the US by Michelle Statz. Considering legal contexts of youth who migrate alone and clandestinely from China to the United States,...

Raising Global Families: Parenting, Immigration, and Class in Taiwan and the US

Catherine Doherty of the University of Glasgow reviews Raising Global Families: Parenting, Immigration, and Class in Taiwan and the US by Pei-Chia Lan. By examining how ethnic Chinese parents in Taiwan and the United States negotiate cultural differences and class,...

Making Immigrant Rights Real: Nonprofits and the Politics of Integration in San Francisco

Kristi Andersen of Syracuse University reviews Making Immigrant Rights Real: Nonprofits and the Politics of Integration in San Francisco by Els De Graauw. In this book, de Graauw examines how immigrant-serving nonprofits can make impressive policy gains despite notable constraints...

Shifting Boundaries: Immigrant Youth Negotiating National, State, and Small-Town Politics

Paul N. McDaniel of Kennesaw State University reviews Shifting Boundaries: Immigrant Youth Negotiating National, State, and Small-Town Politics by Alexis Silver. In this book, Silver examines the experiences of immigrant youth growing up in a small town in North Carolina—a state...

Refuge Lost: Asylum Law in an Interdependent World

Cynthia S. Gorman of West Virginia University reviews Refuge Lost: Asylum Law in an Interdependent World by Daniel Ghezelbash. As Europe deals with a so-called ‘refugee crisis,’ Australia’s harsh border control policies have been suggested as a possible model for...

Contract Workers, Risk, and the War in Iraq: Sierra Leonean Labor Migrants at US Military Bases

Adam Moore of the University of California, Los Angeles reviews Contract Workers, Risk, and the War in Iraq: Sierra Leonean Labor Migrants at US Military Bases by Kevin Thomas. In addressing why low-skilled workers in developing countries migrated to Iraq...

Narratives of Immigration and Language Loss: Lessons from the German American Midwest

Henrik Olav Mathiesen of the University of Oslo reviews Narratives of Immigration and Language Loss: Lessons from the German American Midwest by Maris R. Thompson. This book examines narratives of anti-German sentiment and language loss from German American communities in...

Living on the Margins: Undocumented Migrants in a Global City

Liza Schuster of the University of London reviews Living on the Margins: Undocumented Migrants in a Global City by Alice Bloch and Sonia McKay. Focusing on London-based migrants and their employers, Bloch and McKay expose the contradictions in policy and...

Beyond Expectations: Second-Generation Nigerians in the United States and Britain

Amon Emeka of Skidmore College reviews Beyond Expectations: Second-Generation Nigerians in the United States and Britain by Onoso Imoagene. Imoagene delves into the multifaceted identities of second-generation Nigerian adults in the United States and Britain. She argues that they conceive...