Daily Archives: August 20, 2020

Todos Somos Migrantes A Través Del Tiempo

Several times I have found myself to be a migrant, and it has always been a disorienting experience. While my family was always a traveling one, there is a fundamental difference between being a tourist and being a migrant. A … Continue reading

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Book Review: The Age Of Migration

The Age Of Migration:  International Population Movements In The Modern World, by Stephen Castles And Mark J. Miller Reading this book, one gets the sense that scholars of migration in the present world often stumble around dangerously close to gaining … Continue reading

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Book Review: Human Migration (Opposing Viewpoints)

Human Migration (Opposing Viewpoints), edited by Barbara Krasner As someone who is generally fond of this series [1], I was more than a little disappointed by this particular volume, mainly because it did not have enough genuinely opposing viewpoints.  Indeed, … Continue reading

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Book Review: The Penguin Book of Migration Literature

The Penguin Book of Migration Literature, edited by Dohra Ahmad It is fortunate that this book ends up being better than its foreword.  Edwige Danticat, one of the authors whose work is included here, views the subject of migration literature … Continue reading

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