An in-depth look at Qatar's migrant workers and the place of skill in the language of control and powerSkill-specifically the distinction between the "e;skilled"e; and "e;unskilled"e;-is generally defined as a measure of ability and training, but Does Skill Make Us Human?
An in-depth look at how employers today perceive and evaluate job applicants with nonstandard or precarious employment historiesMillions of workers today labor in nontraditional situations involving part-time work, temporary agency employment, and skills underutilization or face the precariousness of long-term unemployment.
The unknown history of deportation and of the fear that shapes immigrants' livesConstant headlines about deportations, detention camps, and border walls drive urgent debates about immigration and what it means to be an American in the twenty-first century.
The Happiness of Blond People by bestselling, multi-award-winning novelist Elif Shafak, author of The Bastard of Istanbul, is a powerful essay on immigration, multiculturalism and the experience of Muslims in Europe - available only as a Penguin Short.
Junot Diaz's new collection, This Is How You Lose Her, is a collection of linked narratives about love - passionate love, illicit love, dying love, maternal love - told through the lives of New Jersey Dominicans, as they struggle to find a point where their two worlds meet.
This sweeping history of New York's millions of immigrants, both famous and forgotten, is "e;told brilliantly [and] unforgettably"e; (The Boston Globe).
How states deny the full potential of refugees as people and perpetuate social inequalityAs the world confronts the largest refugee crisis since World War II, wealthy countries are being called upon to open their doors to the displaced, with the assumption that this will restore their prospects for a bright future.
How evangelical churches in the United States convert migrant distress into positive religious devotionWhy do migrants become more deeply evangelical in the United States and how does this religious identity alter their self-understanding?
Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, migration has become a major cause for concern in many European countries, but migrations to, from and within Europe are nothing new, as Klaus Bade reminds us in this timely history.
On the same day that reporter Jeffrey Kaye visited the Tondo hospital in northwest Manila, members of an employees association wearing hospital uniforms rallied in the outside courtyard demanding pay raises.
A provocative look at the remarkable contributions of high-skill immigrant entrepreneurs in America Both a revelation and a call-to-action, Immigrant, Inc.
A provocative look at the remarkable contributions of high-skill immigrant entrepreneurs in America Both a revelation and a call-to-action, Immigrant, Inc.
Con una introduccin del ganador del Premio Pulitzer, Viet Thanh Nguyen, En algn lugar somos humano es una antologa de cuarenta y cuatro ensayos y poemas atrevidos, importantes y revolucionarios escritos por inmigrantes, refugiados y Dreamers, incluidos escritores galardonados, artistas y activistas, que iluminan la realidad del da a da de un indocumentado.
** Winner of the 2016 PEN/BELLWETHER PRIZE, the 2017 ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD FOR LITERATURE IN ADULT FICTION and the 2018 NEW YORK CITY HORNBLOWER AWARD FOR FIRST BOOK | Finalist for the 2018 PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD, the 2017 BARNES & NOBLE DISCOVER PRIZE and the 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD **'Sensational' Guardian'Utterly immersive' Daily Mail'There was a time I would have called Lisa Ko's novel beautifully written, ambitious and moving, and all of that is true, but it's more than that now: if you want to understand a forgotten and essential part of the world we live in, The Leavers is required reading' Ann Patchett, author of CommonwealthOne morning, Deming Guo's mother, Polly, an undocumented Chinese immigrant, goes to her job at a nail salon and never comes home.
Existen muy pocos estudios sobre la inmigración asiática en el mundo hispánico, un análisis sobre la inmigración coreana en la Argentina podría servir de base para comprender otras corrientes migratorias de diferentes países hispanohablantes.
Two New York Times Washington correspondents provide a detailed, ';fact-based account of what precipitated some of this administration's more brazen assaults on immigration' (The Washington Post) filled with never-before-told stories of this key issue of Donald Trump's presidency.
The Number 1 Bestseller'A captivating account of lives previously ignored' Sunday Independent'An important, impeccably researched though eminently readable book that charts new territory' Irish Examiner* * *Ireland in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was not a good place to be a woman.
Michelle Malkin's latest book is required reading for anyone wishing to understand the forces and interests behind the open borders and mass migration lobby.
A New York Times bestseller and "e;the seminal book on the child-separation policy"e; (Rachel Maddow, MSNBC co-anchor and host of The Rachel Maddow Show).
"e;Offers hope in the face of desperate odds"e; - ELLE Magazine, ELLE's Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2020"e;[D]isturbing and unforgettable memoir This wrenching story brings to vivid life the plight of the many families separated at the U.
La inesperada e inspiradora historia real de un salón de clases donde los hijos de inmigrantes indocumentados y sus maestros encuentran su voz y enfrentan el clima político actual con su herramienta más poderosa: su verdad.
In my years of experience as a writer and as a college professor, I have never seen anything like this: the love for language, the passion for discussion, clarity of mind, and humility of heart.
From the award-winning author of Soldier Girls and Just Like Us, an ';extraordinary' (The Denver Post) account of refugee teenagers at a Denver public high school and their compassionate teacher and ';a reminder that in an era of nativism, some Americans are still breaking down walls and nurturing the seeds of the great American experiment' (The New York Times Book Review).
'A remarkable oral history of black postwar British life Homecoming is an extraordinary and compelling book' Daily TelegraphHomecoming draws on over a hundred first-hand interviews, archival recordings and memoirs by the women and men who came to Britain from the West Indies between the late 1940s and the early 1960s.
Danny is back with more hilarious true-life stories of hopeless modern manhoodA husband and now a new father, Danny Wallace is a man who struggles to understand the unspoken rules of society.
After the Great War, the millions killed on the battlefields were eclipsed by the millions more civilians carried off by disease and starvation when the conflict was over.
Why have countries increasingly restricted immigration even when they have opened their markets to foreign competition through trade or allowed their firms to move jobs overseas?
A history of modern European cultural pluralism, its current crisis, and its uncertain futureIn 2010, the leaders of Germany, Britain, and France each declared that multiculturalism had failed in their countries.
