Immigration Books

The back cover tells us that Charles Clark spent some years as a deckhand in the British Merchant Navy before embarking on his career as a research chemist. This background, together with his obvious skills as a different kind of researcher, is clearly evident in the expertise shown in the writing of an engrossing book.

We are introduced to the main story by way of fascinating vignettes of sailors cast adrift and eventually forced to resort to cannibalism. Then on to the Cospatrick, a three-masted barque which sailed from Britain for New Zealand in 1874.
Carrying a general cargo which included 6,000 gallons of spirits, the Cospatrick had 429 emigrants on board in addition to a crew of 44 and 4 passengers, when it caught fire and sank in the South Atlantic. The account of the fire, the desperate battle to save the ship, the panic and confusion as boats were lowered, are all graphically retold. Nearly 500 people died. In fact, there were only three survivors, three men who were later traumatised even further by the public exposure of their cannibalism.

The book is also very informative regarding the danger of life at sea generally in the 19th century. I was stunned, for example, to see an 1873 Board of Trade wreck chart reproduced that shows "Locations of the approximately 800 ship casualties that occurred on and around the coast of Britain during the first six months of 1873." (Yes, that really is 800!)

There are copious end-notes, six appendices and a good index. 'Women and Children Last' will be of interest to most general readers and deserves a permanent place in the library of any centre of maritime studies. I wish I'd had it when I was teaching English at the Portuguese Naval Academy. My students, I am sure, would have found it fascinating.

For many persons concerned with politics, citizenship in general, and women's citizenship in particular, has appeared as a contested and challenging concept. This book is a valuable contribution to this debate. The Authors of the several essays collected in the volume attempt to situate the concept of citizenship both historically and theoretically, focusing on its problems and limitations -most of them revealed by the effort to make it more inclusive, so as to encompass issues as gender and ethnicity. In brief, the challenges posed by "difference". The book also aims to make proposals to reconceptualize the idea of citizenship in a non-sexist, non-racist and non-westocentric way, and it offers several ways to think about it. For anyone interested in these issues, it will probably result an interesting book.

The migration of workers across international boundaries is one of the most striking aspects of the globalization of the world economy, with a major impact on well over 100 countries. This important and highly topical study provides a lively analysis of economic migration spanning the globe. The author brings together a vast amount of evidence on the many issues raised by labor migration - its volume, characteristic effects, the reactioons it provokes and the policies it requires. He addresses such hotly debated questions as defending national borders, assimilation versus cultural autonomy, and exclusion of migrants.

The book is organized in two parts. Part I paints the global picture, starting with the slave trade and indentured labour and examining why people move today, as well as the costs and benefits of migration. Topics such as naturalization, the role of religion, attracting entrepeneurs into a contry, and illegal migration are explored. Part II examines the recent experience of some 20 countries and several regions of the world - North America, Eastern and Western Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, sub-Saharan Africa, the Gulf States and Asia.

the text is illustrated with numerous charts and statistical tables, including a comprehensive "global economic migration table".

The Work Of Strangers will appeal to the generl reader, policy-makers and students alike. -- from book's back cover

I was able to order some advanced copies of Mexican Migrants and assign the book this semester in my college course on immigration (spring 2008). The students loved the book, as did I. The stories of the Mexican immigrants Judith Hellman interviewed are poignant and full of surprises. People who think they know a lot about the subject may discover, as I did, that they still have a great deal to learn about why people come and the experiences they have, both at home and in "Gringoland." The immigrants Hellman describes may have found themselves between a rock and a hard place, but they face their many challenges with courage, ingenuity, humor and optimism. This is an informative and uplifting book, well written and a plesure to read.

Originally published in 1976, this new edition of World Of Our Fathers: The Journey Of The East European Jews To The Life They Found And Made by the late Irving Howe (1920-1993) is the inspirational history of the Eastern European Jewish migration from when and why it began in the 1880's to the situational struggle so many new immigrants found when they arrive on the streets of New York. A vividly written and often disturbing story of the discriminatory barriers and even hostile treatment European jews experienced as newly arriving immigrants into the ever-expanding cauldron of American multiethnic culture, World Of Our Fathers is an very highly recommended addition to community and academic library's Judaic Studies and American History collections.

A good review on current international migration theories
Clear structure
Rich comparative studies

Designed to be used throughout the English-speaking world especially by people of mixed European ancestry.
Tracing one's ancestors is made a great deal more difficult if they originated in another country. Many people in Britain, and in America too, find themselves in such a position, and WORLDWIDE FAMILY HISTORY will make their task easier. It is an essential reference and guide for the professional genealogist and the interested amateur alike. Concentrating on non-British genealogical problems, it sets out as succinctly as possible the way in which people of English speech but of foreign descent can begin tracing their ancestors.

Great book, told me how to get the right contacts, not too much buff, but just the info I needed.

Should of saved me alot of money.

Would be a must read for any person think of moving to Florida from the UK.

From the cover: This is the story of the international refugees created by the political tyranny of post-colonial Somalia. The author, an established Somali novelist who has spent twenty-five years in exile himself, interviewed Somalis in African and Europe to create this portrait of how people react, are wounded, survive, change and even thrive when they flee their homes and are turned into refugees.

A great book...period. The truth about the liberal agenda and how it is destroying this great nation is finally out in the open. Before you debunk anything in this book, you should know that all statements are backed up with facts...which have been meticulously researched by Mr. Talent. After reading this book, the only question left in my mind is why anyone who loves this country would support the liberal agenda? Conservatives already know the truth....liberals...the truth will set you free...READ THIS BOOK!!!