ABSTRACT
Rubén rumbaut effectively draws together a rich blend of qualitative and quantitative evidence to accomplish his twin goals of providing a profile of the new immigration and describing some of the outcomes of migration. Evidence ranges all the way from the memoirs of immigrants in exile to 15 × 24 statistical tables, and from secondary INS data to primary data gathered by Rumbaut and colleagues in San Diego and Miami. The deep and broad list of citations stretches all the way from Amy Tan to Marta Tienda and everything in between. Presented in wonderfully textured prose, Rumbaut brings several important messages to this volume. He cautions, for example, that we should not place undue weight on the 1965 immigration legislation as a cause of the new immigration. Rather, we should view it in the broader context of geopolitical forces that have created a worldwide web of money, capital, and migrants. Rumbaut throws a spotlight on the critical nexus of family and immigration, and he dramatically underscores the great diversity in family and immigration linkages, both within and between country-of-origin groups.
