List of figures and tables -- Preface -- 1. The challenge of Muslim migrants into Christian-heritage societies -- 2. Anti-Muslim discrimination in the French labor market and its consequences -- 3. Solving the problem of causal identification -- 4. Procuring a sample -- 5. Resea…
'Histories amd Memories' examines the perspective of migrants themselves in order to answer the questions of who they are and how they understand their experiences. The book explores a wide range of ethnic groups and experiences from racism to Britishness, self-perception and th…
Almost all developing countries are plagued by the problem of peasants crowding into cities in search of a better life. For scholars of and visitors to Vietnam, it is increasingly clear that the problem has also arrived in this recently freed socialist economy. Is it going to ge…
Tobacco Capitalism tells the story of the people who live and work on U.S. tobacco farms at a time when the global tobacco industry is undergoing profound changes. Against the backdrop of the antitobacco movement, the globalization and industrialization of agriculture, and inten…
The production of "human waste" - or more precisely, wasted lives, the "superfluous" populations of migrants, refugees and other outcasts - is an inevitable outcome of modernization. It is an unavoidable side-effect of economic progress and the quest for order which is character…
The genealogy of qiaopi studies -- The structure of the qiaopi trade and transnational networks -- The qiaopi trade as a distinctive form of Chinese capitalism -- Qiaopi geography -- Qiaopi and modern Chinese economy and politics -- Qiaopi, qiaoxiang, and charity -- Qiaopi and E…
This book employs economic methodology to study the motives for and the repercussions of transfers and exchanges within families, between generations, and within groups. The book shows how the allocative behavior and wellbeing of one family member depend on his altruistic link w…
Development Potential of Asian Diasporas -- Diaspora, Homeland, and Development -- Gender, Generation and Identities -- Soft Power, Mobilization and Development -- Media, Culture and Representations. "This handbook offers an analysis of Asian diaspora and development and explor…
Development Potential of Asian Diasporas -- Diaspora, Homeland, and Development -- Gender, Generation and Identities -- Soft Power, Mobilization and Development -- Media, Culture and Representations. "This handbook offers an analysis of Asian diaspora and development and explor…