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Not buying this xenophobia
Name one civilization that lasted forever. Does anyone sincerely believe that we would be better off today if the mighty Roman empire had not perished? Change is inevitable.
Good Research, Poor Recommendations
I enjoy reading Pat's books for their historical and factual research.But I have found that he fails to make his point when it comes to the conclusions and recommendations to fix the problems he outlines.This book is no exception.Great research, interesting, but it need a hard punch line conclusion at the end with specific, easy to follow recommendations.A specific chapter at the end with numbered recommendations listing exactly what can/should be done to stem the flow of immigration would make this a more powerful book.

What the media & elites don't want you to know
No one argues the immigration problem better than Mr. Buchanan. Through
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Subjects:  1. Discrimination & Racism    2. Emigration & Immigration    3. Emigration And Immigration    4. Government - U.S. Government    5. Government policy    6. Illegal aliens    7. International Relations - General    8. Political Ideologies - General    9. Politics / Current Events    10. Public Policy - Cultural Policy    11. Race And Ethnic Relations    12. Social Science    13. Sociology    14. United States    15. Immigration & emigration    16. Political Science / Political Ideologies / General    17. USA   

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The Surveyor's Bible
While preparing for my licensing exam, I read this book from cover to cover. It addresses every principle of retracement (sequential and simultaneous conveyances), public lands, and riparian issues thoroughly. The highlighted "principle" at the heading of each new topic makes remembering the main points simple. I can honestly say that every question on the NCEES exam that dealt with general principles and practice was answered in this book. I passed on my first sitting, and this book was one of the main reasons why. If you can only study one reference, this is it. Every practicing surveyor should also refer to it regularly.

Boundary Control and Legal Principals
This is the definitive work on boundary control. Technicians preparing for the SIT and PLS tests should own this book.

Brown's Boundary Control and Legal Priciples
This is a must own book for Land Surveyors, or Survey technicians. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Boundaries (Estates)    2. Business Law    3. Emigration & Immigration    4. Engineering - Civil    5. Law    6. Law and legislation    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Property    9. Property Law    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Surveying    12. Title examinations    13. United States    14. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law    15. Technology / Engineering / Civil    16. USA   

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The Devils Highway
Not being a avid reader ,if a book doesn't interest me in the first few pages I put it away. This certainly was not such a book. Written by a Mexican American I expected the story to be slanted toward anti immigration only to find a balanced view of the Border situation from the prospective of those desperate to make a better life for their familys, to the Border Patrol and the almost impossible job before them. Two things that stand out are the compassion of the Border Patrol and how the immigrants are so often preyed upon by their own people. A must read before making a judgement about our border situation and the people who live {and die} there.

Misplaced Sympathy for an Invading Army
It seems like this book has appeal for the come one, come all immigration proponents and multiculturalism fanatics.I take no joy in hearing the stories of human suffering, whether it be south of the border or elsewhere, but there is a heavy cost for allowing millions of mexicans into America.Many locales with large illegal immigrant populations have seen a sharp increase in violent crime and gang activity.
He may as well have been...
Jonathan Miles of MEN'S JOURNAL wrote this of Urrea's sublime tribute to the immigrant's journey, "A tour de force account of an adventure unlike the ones you're used to reading."And it's true.What makes THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY shine is Urrea's ability to lend his novelist's eye to a story more true than most of us would like to imagine.For whatever side you hold in the Border debate, Urrea will make you believe in the people who walk. Even if he doesn't pull you toward empathy for those taking this journey, he will at least illuminate for you what happens to a group of men who feel like crossing the infamous Devil's Highway is the only option.From their first step into the desert to their rescue just short of the U.S. border, you will not want to put this book down.Urrea takes the magnifying glass that is the Border Control Issue and focuses that hot sun down to a small group later called the Wellton 26.Literally. Every step through this Pulitzer Prized Finalist will force you onto the desert with these men : walking with these men, following with these men, thirsting with these men, and dying with these men. Urrea has made me want to keep going.Luckily, in the rear of the book, he's given me more with suggested readings to further my lusty desire to ingest all I can about this issue. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Crimes against    2. Emigration & Immigration    3. Emigration And Immigration    4. Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies    5. Government - U.S. Government    6. Hispanic American Sociology    7. Human smuggling    8. Illegal aliens    9. Mexican-American Border Region    10. Social Science    11. Social conditions    12. Sociology    13. True Crime    14. Crime & criminology    15. Current Events / General    16. Immigration & emigration    17. Mexico    18. POLITICS & GOVERNMENT    19. USA   

Editorial Review

The sequel to Frank McCourt's memoir of his Irish Catholic boyhood, Read more

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'TIS A GRAND BOOK, !
Poignant,intense, exciting, gutwrenching yet heart warming are the scenes, actions and memories described inthis continuation of an indepth look at the the trials, tribulations and successes of FrankMc Court and his family. As you read it,you "are there" in New York, in Ireland, -at Mam's almost reunion with Frank's father, - in the army with Frank in Europe, - in church,- in the boarding house which provided meager temporary shelter, - in the countless dull mind-numbing jobs he had beforebecoming a teacher,- in the classroom trying to inspire lethargicstudents.With wit, and a lot ofmischievious charm, author Mc Court escorts us through his romantic liasons, marriage and birth of his daughter, -his brothers arrival and existence in New York,- his own "coming of age in America" as he matures, -and the death of his beloved mother, Angela, (Mam).
THE CONTINUING MEMOIR, BY THE AUTHOR OF ANGELA'S ASHES
Frank McCourt has a flowing, gifted writing style that is all his own. This, the second in his memoirs, tells the chapter of his life where he leaves Ireland for a life in America.How one can endure his hardships and still keep a witty sense of humour is nothing short of amazing.Low paying jobs, racial criticism, and scorn await McCourt upon his arrival.
Dissapointing but with a few gems
I felt that he was trying to gain sympathy for his situation unlike the frankness of Angelas Ashes. I was dissapointed with this sequal. He was brave to tell the truth of his situation, however he must have cringed upon reflection of his early life. He does use humor throughout the book and that makes it more bearable to read. I felt like slapping him rather than giving him a hug at the end of this second book. He does tell the truth, to his credit, and doesn't candy coat anything, a continuation of the first book in the context of style. Would recommend this to an older audience, because of the content matter. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography & Autobiography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. Educators    6. Elements In The U.S. Population    7. Emigration & Immigration    8. Ethnic Cultures - General    9. Irish Americans    10. Literary    11. McCourt, Frank    12. Regional Subjects - MidAtlantic    13. Biography & Autobiography / General    14. Immigration & emigration    15. Literature: History & Criticism    16. Social history    17. USA   

Subjects:  1. Asylum, Right of    2. Emigration & Immigration    3. Emigration and immigration    4. Encyclopedias    5. General    6. Immigrants    7. Law    8. Sociology    9. Sociology - General    10. Immigration & emigration    11. Law / General   

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Ellis Island: Ghosts of Freedom-by Stephen Wilkes
THIS IS THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK I HAVE EVER SEEN. THE PHOTOS AND THE COLORS ARE SO EXTRAORDINARY. THIS BOOK WILL BE MY HOLIDAY GIFT I SEND OUT FOR 2006.

Ellis Island: Ghosts of Freedom
Stephen Wilkes is a wonderful photographer and he makes the gritty details of a run down part of Ellis Island into a moving, dramatic and beautiful experience.It is powerful and also haunting and compelling you to walk in his foot steps. The images are technically exquisite.It is an inspiration to see the routes of our ancestors.
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Subjects:  1. Architectural & Industrial    2. Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)    3. History    4. Photo Techniques    5. Photoessays & Documentaries    6. Photography    7. Pictorial works    8. Subjects & Themes - Travel - General    9. Subjects & Themes - Travel - U.S./Mid-Atlantic    10. Immigration & emigration    11. New York    12. Photography / Architectural & Industrial    13. Social history   

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Great reference guide
I am a manager for a Federal Govt Agency.I found this book informational and easy to understand.Immigration law is a complex subject.The book is easy to read and addresses many important aspects related to this subject.The sections related to inadmissability, removal are well written and easy to understand.The chapters related to the history of various classes of immigrants was intersting as well.I would recommend the book for persons who want to expand their knowledge of this topic.

The book provides a good academic discussion
This book makes no pretensions to be the ultimate compendium for the practitioners in the immigration field.As the author points out in the preface, this book is meant to give you a brief overview of the subject.And that it did!It provides succint and stimulating discussions in many pertinent topics.Most importantly, the flow of the discussions is not bogged down by chaotic juxtaposition of law and facts that is usually usually associated with works written by the practitioners.In short, this book presents you with the picture of the forest rather than the individual shots of trees.I highly recommend it.

Gives a general overview, not for beginner, not for pro.
I work for a law firm and am planning on going to a law school. I got into the immigration field by pure accident but I had a great deal of research done through working on actual cases. This book gives a very good general overview of the immigration law and procedure, but it does not list the details of "HOW?" only some of "WHY?".Read more

Subjects:  1. Constitutional    2. Emigration & Immigration    3. Emigration And Immigration    4. Emigration and immigration law    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. United States   

Subjects:  1. Emigration & Immigration    2. Emigration and immigration    3. General    4. History    5. History: World    6. Migration, Internal    7. Modern - General    8. Sociology    9. Cultural studies    10. Economic history    11. History / General    12. Immigration & emigration    13. Social history    14. World history: c 1500 to c 1750    15. World history: c 1750 to c 1900    16. World history: from c 1900 -   

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Wow!I am not alone!!
I am the quintessential third-culture kid.I was on a plane taking me to Singapore before I could walk.This began my life traveling from country to country following my father's career in an oil service company.Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, The Netherlands, and all points in between.This was my life until in was time for university, and I moved back to the States.When I read this book, I feel like I am reading the diary of my life.For the longest time I often wondered what was "wrong" with me.Why could I not fit in, why did I not feel at home?
An explanation of why we are the way we are
To me personally it was like reading my own psychological profile, complete with explanations of every weird quirk and odd personality trait, good or bad, that I've ever displayed.
A must-read
This book is a well-written, clear and systematic treatment of what is surely a difficult theme, because everything pertaining to TCKs is so personal.
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Subjects:  1. Children    2. Children's Studies    3. Ethnic Issues    4. Ethnic Studies - General    5. Foreign countries    6. General    7. Self-Help    8. Social interaction in children    9. Social skills in children    10. Sociology - General    11. Travel    12. Cultural studies    13. Immigration & emigration    14. Living & working abroad    15. Non-Classifiable    16. Self Help   

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Mexicans have always been oppressed
R Acu�a's treatise of Mexican Americans (now called Chicanos or Pochos) includes what many would call 'the Underside of American History' (search title).The fact is, America waged war against the Mexicans, using many of the same methods that we now accuse those of Iraq or Bosnia of using, and differs little from the 'ethnic cleansing or genocide of the modern world.In school, most US Americans are given a glossed-over summary of key US propaganda regarding the history lessons that politicians want people to know, rather than an objective, 'tell-it-like-it-is/was' history that encompasses true social responsibility.
Great Basic Review of Chicana/o History
Mexicans, and for that matter People of Color in general, have occupied an important space/place in the labor force.Historical documents and current trends only serve to demonstrate that without Mexican labor, the development of agriculture, mining, construction (universities), railroads, and highways would have been considerably slowed to a crawl in the Southwest.Even if Mexicans are to be regarded as important or at least acknowledged to have had a presence in the Southwest, it has not been until the recent fifty years in which we have begun to see in depth scholarly work focused on the working classes--including Chicana/os. Occupied America
Every view that we will ever see about history is a view that is skewed by personal feelings.As historians, it is our job to figure out what is fact and what is feeling.This book may not be the most objective book about the history of the Xicano people, but it spoke to me in the same way that the Anglo child finds solace in the played out text books found in school.I relate to the stories that Acuna tells, and I enjoy his point of view.He is a wonderful historian, and worthy of being put in the same class as Zinn (A people's history of the U.S.)I hope you enjoy this book, and listen to the frustration in the writing.It is the key to the Chicano's history in a society where Anglo paradigms edit the truth. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. History    3. History - U.S.    4. History: World    5. Mexican Americans    6. United States - General    7. American history    8. History / General    9. Immigration & emigration    10. USA   

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An interesting perspective on being American
The content of this book is derived primarily from first-person narratives and other primary source historical documents.These writings offer the reader a great deal to consider when thinking about the role of Americans in history.The narratives are moving and thought provoking, and really force the reader to reconsider what it really means to be an American. Questions abound about why we aren't told these stories in school, particularly regarding the role this country has played in the lives of other nations.A real "based on a true story" book! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Discrimination & Racism    2. Emigration & Immigration    3. Social Science    4. Sociology    5. United States - General    6. American history    7. Civil rights & citizenship    8. Ethnic studies    9. History of specific racial & ethnic groups    10. Immigration & emigration    11. USA   

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Emigration & Immigration    3. Europe - Ireland    4. History    5. History - U.S.    6. History: American    7. Immigrants    8. Irish Americans    9. Sources    10. United States    11. United States - Colonial Period    12. United States - Revolutionary War    13. American history: c 1500 to c 1800    14. British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900    15. History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)    16. History, American | Colonial & Revolutionary    17. Immigration & emigration    18. Ireland    19. Social history    20. USA    21. c 1600 to c 1700    22. c 1700 to c 1800    23. c 1800 to c 1900   

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The Best Book About New Haven Ever Written
Anthony Riccio captures the love , the sorrows, the hardships and the industrial and political life of New Haven in a way that no one before him has.How and why the Italians left the old world of a cruel Italy , an Italy only for the wealthy, is made patently clear in this book.The advantages and opportunities offered by a New America were varied and plentiful. Fortunately the Italian immigrant came here with an important work ethicand a desire for a family life which was rich in expectations and ambitions.Life was not easy for the first generation, but they 'made it' as we say in America.Theirchildren achieved in the 1st 100 years in America what others took generations to do.Anthony allows the storytellers to say things in their own words so that the full flavor of their New Haven experience would be felt and understood by the readers. Anthony Riccio adds his own scholarly touch to the preface and to the beginnings of each and every chapter. The book is both a scholarly and authentic documentary of the Italian people who made a significant contribution to the growth and development of New Haven.They are an inspiration to all of what it takes to be successful . Read the book. If you read nothing else all year, this is the book to read.

A brilliantly written and highly recommended work that is as entertaining as it is informative
The Italian American Experience In New Haven: Images And Oral Histories by Anthony Riccio (Stacks Manager at the Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University) draws upon personal interviews as well as family and archival photographs to present a richly complex and fully realized history of the life and experiences of Italian immigrants who settled in New Haven, Connecticut in the 19th and 20th centuries. Not only is the daily pulse of life in the Italian-American community revealed in the life stories of ordinary men and women, the reader will discover how this immigrant community was affected by such landmark events as the Spanish Flu pandemic, the Great Depression, and World War II. Also revealed are the hardships of Italian immigrant women who labored under terrible (and often hazardous) conditions in New Haven's shirt factories. The integrations of historic photographs with the reported interviews transform The Italian American Experience In New Haven from just another ethnic American history into a compelling social history showcasing a vibrant, vigorous, colorful community. The result is a brilliantly written and highly recommended work that is as entertaining as it is informative.
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Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Connecticut    3. Emigration & Immigration    4. History    5. History - General History    6. History - U.S.    7. History: American    8. Immigrants    9. Italian Americans    10. New Haven    11. United States - 20th Century    12. United States - State & Local - New England    13. Immigration & emigration    14. Italy    15. Social history    16. USA   

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the best
It's a very comprehensive book and the tips it gives are really great and deal with real life. The LORs and interview sections are marvellous. The author hasan indeed deep understanding of the successful application process for a residency in the U.S. What might miss from this book: maybe how can IMGs find an observership in the U.S for which he/she wouldn't have to pay, just like it is possible in Europe!
The best IMG book in the market
This is THE book for IMGs. Forget first aid and others. Nobody explains the finer details, the minutae that can enhance your competitiveness better than Anagh Vora. The book is a truly outstanding read and will help the readers in the process of obtaining a US residency.
It's about time!!!
I would swear and curse with joy, but I shall hold back!
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Subjects:  1. Education & Training    2. Foreign Medical Graduates    3. General    4. Internship and Residency    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Nursing - Issues    8. Physicians, Foreign    9. Residents (Medicine)    10. Test Preparation & Review    11. United States    12. Immigration & emigration    13. Medical / Test Preparation & Review    14. Medicine: General Issues    15. USA   

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Neat!
The book is new and was sent on time!!!
A difficult process truly made easy!
I was so pleased when I stumbled across this book in my local library.
US Immigration Made Easy
This book has been invaluable in dealing with my family's immigration needs. It gave great assistance in bringing both my parents and my grandparents into the country legally, without having to spend too much time with legal aid lawyers. My community has many people requiring this help and I have passed this book along to them. Thanks for this guide. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Citizenship    2. Constitutional    3. Emigration & Immigration    4. Emigration And Immigration    5. Emigration and immigration law    6. Law    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Popular works    9. Reference    10. United States   

Editorial Review

When we speak of race, we tend to categorize nonwhite people into rigid classifications--but how is whiteness itself determined? Yale American Studies professor Matthew Frye Jacobson looks at the American construction of whiteness out of its polyglot European immigrant population. In 1790, United States naturalization law granted citizenship to "free white persons"--which meant, mostly, those of Anglo-Saxon descent. Thus, Celtic-descended Irish immigrants were discriminated against. As the U.S. population became more culturally mixed beginning in the 1820s, with an increase in immigration from non-Anglo Europe, the nation experienced "a fracturing of whiteness into a hierarchy of plural and scientifically determined white races." Read more

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great racial history
Jacobson provides a great deal of the formation of whiteness and how it has changed through time. It shows how the construction of a white race came about in America from Anglo Saxons to all Euroepans. It shows how legislation and attitudes about white ethnic groups and Jews have changed through time. It also takes a good look at how whiteness has been transformed by contacts with other races through non-European immigratin, civil rights and America's colonies such as the Phillipeans.

Are "white" Americans "passing" as white?
Matthew Frye Jacobson 's Whiteness of a Different Color tells us all how we got into this mess. The book is subtitled European Immigrants and the Alchemy of Race. "Alchemy" is correct. It means that the "base metal" of Nordic, Alpine, Mediterranean and even Western Asian "races" were turned into the "gold" of unadulterated white status. Jacobson explains how "whiteness" was created by colonial elites for the purpose of defending the state from Indian invasions and slave insurrections, and continued by the American republic in order to create a sense of unity in its polyglot European immigrant population. In 1790, United States naturalization law granted citizenship to "free white persons" -- which meant, mostly, those of Anglo-Saxon descent. As the U.S. population became more culturally mixed beginning in the 1840s, with an increase in immigration from non-Anglo Europe, the nation experienced "a fracturing of whiteness into a hierarchy of plural and scientifically determined white races." Excellent content analysis of a social construct....
WHITE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR by Matthew Frye Jacobson is an excellent historical summary and deconstruction of the social construct called "the white race." Anthropologists, sociologists, demographers, and historians like Jacobson who study race and ethnicity have suggested over and over that even if race differences exist they are not fixed (the definition of white has changed over time and no consensus has been formed concerning it's constiuent parts). The biological sciences provide no evidence that race exists. Humans with different hair color, skin color, eye color, eye shape, and/or other "race" characteristics straddle all the "race" groups. Read more

Subjects:  1. Emigration & Immigration    2. Ethnic Studies - General    3. History    4. History: World    5. Minority Studies - Ethnic American    6. Sociology    7. United States - General    8. American history    9. Ethnography    10. History / United States / General    11. Immigration & emigration    12. Multicultural studies    13. USA   

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Well written, hugely informative
David Gutierrez' book is one of the most informative, thorough books available on the Chicano experince in the US Southwest.This book is not just for activists or chicano studies scholars.If you have ever wondered why immigration policy exists in its present form, or why racial tensions still persist within the southwest, read this book.It is very densly packed with valuable infomation and excellent sources, and it presents such information in a fairly unbiased manner.This is an impressive work of research that should be in the library of every house in America.

One of the most important books in Chicano history
This book truly marks a turning point in Chicano history by interrogating the similarities and differences between Mexican nationals and Mexican Americans in the U.S.The metaphor of Walls and Mirrors sums up the relationship between immigrants and longtime U.S. residents:they shared cultural, labor/class, and daily social ties, but political and civic goals divided them. Excellent book by David Guti�rrez
David Guti�rrez has written a unique and fantastic book on the Chicano experience in America. Fantastic read, and as a U-M Wolverine who has heard David Guti�rrez speak in person, I can say it is worthy of the praise it has received. The man knows his material! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Emigration & Immigration    3. Emigration and immigration    4. Ethnic Studies - General    5. History    6. Mexican Americans    7. Mexicans    8. Minority Studies - Ethnic American    9. Politics and government    10. Social Science    11. Sociology    12. United States    13. American history    14. Civil rights & citizenship    15. Ethnography    16. History / General    17. Immigration & emigration    18. Social history    19. USA   

Subjects:  1. Asylum, Right of    2. Australia    3. Constitutional    4. Emigration & Immigration    5. Emigration and immigration law    6. General    7. Law    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Legal status, laws, etc    10. Legal status, laws, etc.    11. Political refugees    12. Constitutional & administrative law    13. Law / General   

Subjects:  1. Emigration & Immigration    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession   

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pretty good set of journal articles
There are many dimensions to the transport of people across international borders. Global Human Smuggling provide a historical and contemporary look at the topic. They start with the traffic of sex slaves in the late 1800s and early 1900s. They focus on topics such as asylum seekers, ill-legal immigration to America from Mexico and Asia. The book also deals with the topics of organized crime. Russian, Chinese and Mexican organized crime units have played parts in transporting humans from one country to anotuehr. The book also deals with the political impact of smuggling people across borders. Countries such as Japan and the United States have been cracking down the use of illegal aliens and both countries have seen xenophobia saying that foreigners are responsible for crime and lowering native wages.

First thoughtful overview of human smuggling
The topic of human smuggling makes most people think of yet another global mafia business tricking people into slavery. In contrast, this book provides an excellent overview of the complexity and diversity of migrants and refugees trying to get across borders simply to find jobs or freedom. Especially interesting are the historical chapters that place this social issue into perspective and draw parallels with previous "white slavery scares." The book also presents diverse types of research in different countries to provide a mosaic rather than a grand theory of human smuggling. Hopefully more similarly thoughtful work on this topic will follow. Of course, no book on a topic like this can be up to date, so some of the things the authors discuss will have to be reevaluated after 9/11. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Criminology    2. Emigration & Immigration    3. Emigration and immigration    4. Illegal aliens    5. International Relations - General    6. Organized crime    7. Smuggling    8. Social Science    9. Sociology    10. Sociology - General    11. Transnational crime    12. Immigration & emigration    13. Political Science / Constitutions    14. Slavery & emancipation