| Guests and Aliens Contributor(s): Sassen, Saskia (Author) |
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ISBN: 1565846087 ISBN-13: 9781565846081 Publisher: New Press OUR PRICE: $17.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2000 Annotation: A penetrating and comprehensive analysis of the history of migration and refugees from a leading expert in the field. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - Political Science | Public Policy - General |
| Dewey: 304.8 |
| LCCN: 98033126 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 9" (0.75 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Guests and Aliens presents a comprehensive analysis of worldwide immigration by one of the world's leading experts on globalization. Putting the current crisis of immigration into a historical context for the first time, Sassen suggests that the American experience represents only one phase in a history of global border crossing. She describes the mass migrations of Italians and Eastern European Jews during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and the international dislocations--particularly after the end of World War II--that have engendered the refugee concept. Using these examples, Sassen explores the causes of immigration that have resulted in nations' welcoming incomers as guests or disparaging them as aliens, and outlines an enlightened approach (Publishers Weekly) to improving US and European immigration policies. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sassen, Saskia: - Saskia Sassen is a professor of sociology at the University of Chicago. Her previous books include The Global City, The Mobility of Labor and Capital, Losing Control, and Guests and Aliens. |