ABSTRACT
The essays gathered here discuss theoretical and policy issues and themes such as the political and economic context of migration, job competition, labor organizing, changing ethnic and "race" relations, immigrant women in the economy and contemporary immigration politics and contribute to our understanding of the historical and contemporary dimensions of Asian and Latino migration in a changing global economy.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |10 pages
General Introduction
part 1|110 pages
Immigration and Migration
chapter 3|17 pages
United States Policy Towards Asian Immigrants
Contemporary Developments in Historical Perspective
part 2|69 pages
Immigrants in a Changing Economy
chapter 8|7 pages
Chinese Staff and Workers' Association
A Model for Organizing in the Changing Economy?
part 3|92 pages
Borders and Beyond
chapter 11|25 pages
Social Identities—A Framework for Studying the Adaptations of Immigrants and Ethnics
The Adaptations of Mexicans in the United States
chapter 12|14 pages
Racialized Boundaries, Class Relations, and Cultural Politics
The Asian-American and Latino Experience
part 4|64 pages
Politics, Policy, and Community
chapter 13|28 pages
Compatriots or Competitors?
Job Competition Between Foreign- and U.S.-Born Angelenos