"Scholars in a number of disciplines (sociology, anthropology, law,
Appalachian studies, southern studies Latino studies, labor
studies) would find this book useful in both their research and
courses." -Donald E. Davis, coeditor of Voices from the Nueva
Frontera: Latino Immigration in Dalton, Georgia "Scholars working
on policy questions, demographic concerns, cultural studies,
political economy, and 'new destination' will all find this book
extremely useful." -Altha J. Cravey, author of Women and Work in
Mexico's Maquiladoras In recent decades, Latino immigration has
transformed communities and cultures throughout the southeastern
United States-and become the focus of a sometimes furious national
debate. Global Connections and Local Receptions is one of the first
books to provide an in-depth consideration of this profound
demographic and social development. Examining Latino migration at
the local, state, national, and binational levels, this book
includes studies of southeastern locales and a statewide overview
of Tennessee. Leading migration scholar Alejandro Portes offers a
national analysis while Raul Delgado Wise provides a Mexican
perspective on the migration issue and its policy implications for
both the United States and Mexico. This collection contains a broad
base of contributions from legal scholars, sociologists,
anthropologists, geographers, and political scientists. Readers
will find demographic data charting trends in immigration,
descriptions of organizing and of individual experiences, a
quantitative comparison of new and old destinations, a critical
history of U.S. immigration policy in recent decades, a report on
access to housing and efforts to enact anti-immigrant laws, an
assessment of how mass outmigration currently affects the national
economy and communities in Mexico, analysis of the way dominant
ideology frames "black-brown" relationships in southern labor
markets, and a concluding essay with detailed recommendations for
making U.S. immigration policy just and humane. Frances L. Ansley
is Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of
Tennessee College of Law in Knoxville. She is the author of
numerous book chapters and the principal humanities adviser to a
documentary film. Her articles have been published in the
California Law Review, Cornell Journal of International Law,
Georgetown Journal of Poverty Law & Policy, University of
Pennsylvania Journal of Labor & Employment Law, and numerous
additional publications. Jon Shefner is associate professor of
sociology and director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Global
Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is the
coeditor of Out of the Shadows: Political Action and the Informal
Economy in Latin America. His recent book is The Illusion of Civil
Society: Democratization and Community Mobilization in Low-Income
Mexico.
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