The masterful and poignant story of three African-American families who journeyed west after emancipation, by an award-winning scholar and descendant of the migrants. Following the lead of her own ancestors, Kendra Field's epic family history chronicles the westward migration of…
"In this new work on the geography of poverty, David Rain dispels the notion that relentless human mobility is a byproduct of western technological advances like superhighways and airports. Every year, after the rainy season ends in the arid West African Sahel, hundreds of thous…
'Pioneers of European Integration' offers the first systematic analysis of the small but symbolically potent numbers of European citizens, who have chosen to live and work in another member state of the EU.
The household and migration -- History, trajectory, and process in Oaxacan migration -- Contemporary migration -- Migration, socioeconomic change, and development -- Nonmigrant households -- Migration in Oaxaca's central valleys and anthropology.
Service Economies examines how working-class labor occupies a central space in linking the United States and Asia to South Koreaʹs changing global position from a U.S. neocolony to a subempire. Foregrounding gender, sexuality, and race, Jin-kyung Lee reimagines the South Korean …
As unprecedented waves of young, rural women journey to cities in China, not only to work, but also to "see the world"and gain some autonomy, they regularly face significant institutional obstacles as well as deep-seated anti-rural prejudices. Based on immersive fieldwork, Cara …
Asia's recent demographic transitions and rural-urban structural transformations are extraordinary and involve complexities that require in-depth study. The chapters within this volume examine those complexities using a range of traditional and nontraditional measures--such as m…
