During the last decade the issue of migration has increased in global prominence and has caused controversy among the host countries around the world. Continuing their interdisciplinary approach, editors Caroline Brettell and James Hollifield have included revised essays from the previous...

Historical migration studies : time, temporality, and theory -- Demography and migration : the wildcard in population dynamics -- Economic aspects of migration -- The sociology of international migration -- Theorizing migration in anthropology : the cultural, social, phenomenological, and...

Soon after 9/11 a research project to study new immigration into the Dallas Fort Worth metropolitan area got under way. In the questionnaire that was administered to 600 immi-grants across five different immigrant populations (Asian Indians, Vietnamese, Mexicans, Salvadorans, and Nigerians)...