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PublisherUniversity of Illinois Press

ISBN-100252081900

ISBN-139780252081903

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Number of Pages292 Pages

Publication NameCentury of Transnationalism : Immigrants and Their Homeland Connections

LanguageEnglish

SubjectMinority Studies, Emigration & Immigration, World

Publication Year2016

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaSocial Science, History

AuthorHouda Asal

SeriesStudies of World Migrations Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight14.8 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2016-004958

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ReviewsThis volume, edited by two of the foremost scholars in the field, infuses migration studies with sorely needed historical perspective, conceptual clarity, and theoretical depth by treating the transnational not as a mantra but as actual social spaces/processes that can be understood empirically and historically.--Jose C. Moya, author of Cousins and Strangers: Spanish Immigrants in Buenos Aires, 1850-1930, ""Immigrant men and women shape and maintain transnational, often locally embedded linkages, and statesmen utilize or frame such connectivity. Both sides engage each other to achieve familial and statewide goals, economic, political, and emotional ones. The authors masterfully weave specific analyses into a long endured perspective of transcultural relations.""--Dirk Hoerder, author of Cultures in Contact: World Migrations in the Second Millennium, In exploring migrants' cross-border connections over time, this collection of insightful and highly readable essays offers fresh perspectives and fascinating historical analysis on a topic central to the study of immigration. An indispensable guide to understanding the dynamics involved in transnational ties that will be a highly valued resource for students and scholars alike.--Nancy Foner, coauthor of Strangers No More: Immigration and the Challenges of Integration in North America and Western Europe, "This volume, edited by two of the foremost scholars in the field, infuses migration studies with sorely needed historical perspective, conceptual clarity, and theoretical depth by treating the transnational not as a mantra but as actual social spaces/processes that can be understood empirically and historically."--Jose C. Moya, author of Cousins and Strangers: Spanish Immigrants in Buenos Aires, 1850-1930, "Immigrant men and women shape and maintain transnational, often locally embedded linkages, and statesmen utilize or frame such connectivity. Both sides engage each other to achieve familial and statewide goals, economic, political, and emotional ones. The authors masterfully weave specific analyses into a long endured perspective of transcultural relations."--Dirk Hoerder, author of Cultures in Contact: World Migrations in the Second Millennium, "In exploring migrants' cross-border connections over time, this collection of insightful and highly readable essays offers fresh perspectives and fascinating historical analysis on a topic central to the study of immigration. An indispensable guide to understanding the dynamics involved in transnational ties that will be a highly valued resource for students and scholars alike."--Nancy Foner, coauthor of Strangers No More: Immigration and the Challenges of Integration in North America and Western Europe, "Nancy Green and Roger Waldinger have assembled an excellent collection of rich empirical studies framed by their insightful introduction. The result constitutes a major contribution to a critical, historically-grounded, and state-centered perspective on transnationalism. This is essential reading for migration scholars."--Peter Kivisto, Augustana College, In exploring migrants' cross-border connections over time, this collection of insightful and highly readable essays offers fresh perspectives and fascinating historical analysis on a topic central to the study of immigration. An indispensable guide to understanding the dynamics involved in transnational ties that will be a highly valued resource for students and scholars alike.--Nancy Foner, co-author of Strangers No More: Immigration and the Challenges of Integration in North America and Western Europe "This volume, edited by two of the foremost scholars in the field, infuses migration studies with sorely needed historical perspective, conceptual clarity, and theoretical depth by treating the transnational not as a mantra but as actual social spaces/processes that can be understood empirically and historically."--José C. Moya, author of Cousins and Strangers: Spanish Immigrants in Buenos Aires, 1850 1930 "Immigrant men and women shape and maintain transnational, often locally embedded linkages, and statesmen utilize or frame such connectivity. Both sides engage each other to achieve familial and statewide goals, economic, political, and emotional ones. The authors masterfully weave specific analyses into a longue-durée perspective of transcultural relations."--Dirk Hoerder, author of Cultures in Contact: World Migrations in the Second Millennium, " A Century of Transnationalism is a thoughtful and useful addition to research on migration and diaspora studies. It explores the diversity of over a century of migration experiences while highlighting shared migration factors: the tug-of-war of loyalties between home and host culture and the push-pull forces of assimilation versus alienation."-- Review 31

Dewey Decimal305.9/06912

Table Of ContentCover Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Introduction by Roger Waldinger and Nancy L. Green Part I. The State and Transnationalism 1. The "Return Politics" of a Sending Country: The Italian Case, 1880s-1914 by Caroline Douki 2. Portuguese Migrants and Portugal: Elite Discourse and Transnational Practices by Victor Pere 3. Japanese Brazilians (1908-2013): Transnationalism amid Violence, Social Mobility, and Crisis 4. 150 Years of Transborder Politics: Mexico and Mexicans Abroad by David FitzGerald 5. Transnationalism and the Emergence of the Modern Chinese State: National Rejuvenation and the Ascendance of Foreign-Educated Files (Liuxuesheng) by Madeline Y. Hsu Part II. Immigrants and the Periodization of Transnationalism 6. Transnationalism, States' Influence, and the Political Mobilizations of the Arab Minority in Canada by Houda Asal 7. Toward a History of American Jews and the Russian Revolutionary Movement by Tony Michels 8. Periodizing Indian Organizational Transnationalism in the United Kingdom by Thomas Lacroix 9. Transnationalism and Migration in the Colonial and Postcolonial Context: Emigrants from the Souf Area (Algeria) to Nanterre (France) (1950 - 2000) by Marie-Claude Blanc-Chaleard Contributors Index

SynopsisThis collection of articles by sociologically minded historians and historically minded sociologists highlights both the long-term persistence and the continuing instability of home country connections. Encompassing societies of origin and destination from around the world, A Century of Transnationalism shows that while population movements across states recurrently produce homeland ties, those connections have varied across contexts and from one historical period to another, changing in unpredictable ways. Any number of factors shape the linkages between home and destination, including conditions in the society of immigration, policies of the state of emigration, and geopolitics worldwide. Contributors: Houda Asal, Marie-Claude Blanc-Chaléard, Caroline Douki, David FitzGerald, Nancy L. Green, Madeline Y. Hsu, Thomas Lacroix, Tony Michels, Victor Pereira, Mônica Raisa Schpun, and Roger Waldinger, This collection of articles by sociologically minded historians and historically minded sociologists highlights both the long-term persistence and the continuing instability of home country connections. Encompassing societies of origin and destination from around the world, A Century of Transnationalism shows that while population movements across states recurrently produce homeland ties, those connections have varied across contexts and from one historical period to another, changing in unpredictable ways. Any number of factors shape the linkages between home and destination, including conditions in the society of immigration, policies of the state of emigration, and geopolitics worldwide. Contributors: Houda Asal, Marie-Claude Blanc-Chaleard, Caroline Douki, David FitzGerald, Nancy L. Green, Madeline Y. Hsu, Thomas Lacroix, Tony Michels, Victor Pereira, Monica Raisa Schpun, and Roger Waldinger", This collection of articles by sociologically minded historians and historically minded sociologists highlights both the long-term persistence and the continuing instability of home country connections. Encompassing societies of origin and destination from around the world, A Century of Transnationalism shows that while population movements across states recurrently produce homeland ties, those connections have varied across contexts and from one historical period to another, changing in unpredictable ways. Any number of factors shape the linkages between home and destination, including conditions in the society of immigration, policies of the state of emigration, and geopolitics worldwide. Contributors: Houda Asal, Marie-Claude Blanc-Chal ard, Caroline Douki, David FitzGerald, Nancy L. Green, Madeline Y. Hsu, Thomas Lacroix, Tony Michels, Victor Pereira, M nica Raisa Schpun, and Roger Waldinger

LC Classification NumberJV6035