Popular Assigned Readings for Courses on Immigration
This list has been compiled to give a flavor of the most popular or frequently assigned readings for college and university courses on immigration. This list is still under revisions. It is meant to give those interested in immigration a starting point for reading. It is more heavily oriented to books than journal articles.
 Migration Theories- Major Schools of Thought and Alternative Theories
Immigration Policy
Economics of Immigration
Social Consequences of Immigration
Immigrant Labor, Migration and Economic Development
Contemporary Issues of Immigration
Research Methods for Migration Studies
The United States-Mexico Border
Transnational Migration
U.S. Immigration in Comparative Perspective
Immigrants, Race and Ethnic Identity
Migration Theories- Major Schools of Thought and Alternative Theories
Explains the origins and destination of past and present immigrants. In particular, the major theories of international migration explain why people migrate across international boundaries. However, alterative perspectives and theories show the contributions and limitations of theses migration theories in explaining contemporary U.S. immigration.
Massey, Douglas S., Joaquín Arango, Graeme Hugo, Ali Kouaouci, Adela Pellegrino, and J. Edward Taylor. Worlds in Motion: Understanding International Migration at the End of the Millenium. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1998.
Pessar, Patricia R, “The Role of Gender, Households, and Social Networks in the Migration Process: A Review and Appraisal,” in Charles Hirschman, Philip Kasinitz, and Josh DeWind, eds., The Handbook of International Migration: The American Experience, New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1999: pp.53-70.
Sassen, Saskia. “America’s Immigration ‘Problem,’” in Saskia Sassen, Globalization and Its Discontents: Essays on the New Mobility of People and Money, New York: The New Press, 1998: pp.31-53.
Zolberg, Aristide R, “Matters of State: Theorizing Immigration Policy.” in Charles Hirschman, Philip Kasinitz, and Josh DeWind, eds., The Handbook of International Migration: The American Experience, New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1999: pp.71-93.
Immigration Policy
Provides an overview of the major periods of U.S. immigration policy and helps identify the major immigration laws of each period.
Dinnerstein, Leonard & David M. Reimers. Ethnic Americans: A History of Immigration. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1988.
Tichenor, Daniel J. Dividing Lines: The Politics of Immigration Control in America. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2002.
Economics of Immigration
Explores the economic causes and consequences of international migration, including the economic reasons for migration, the labor market and fiscal impacts of migration and the economic consequences of immigration policy.
Bean, Frank D. and Gillian Stevens. 2003. America's Newcomers and the Dynamics of Diversity. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Borjas, George J. Heaven’s Door: Immigration Policy and the American Economy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999.
Waldinger, Roger D. How the Other Half Works: Immigration and the Social Organization of Labor. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2003.
Social Consequences of Immigration
Huntington, Samuel. 2004.“The Hispanic Challenge.” Foreign Policy : 30-45.
Immigrant Labor, Migration and Economic Development
Conditions under which immigration takes place
Hondagneu-Sotelo, Pierrette. Doméstica: Immigrant Workers Cleaning and Caring in the Shadows of Affluence. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001.
Contemporary Issues of Immigration
Examines the diversity of today's immigrants-their social origins and contexts of exit and entry, as well as their adaptation experiences.
Assimilation/Incorporation
Alba, R. and V. Nee. Remaking the American Mainstream: Assimilation and Contemporary Immigration. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2003.
Bean, Frank D. and Gillian Stevens. America's Newcomers and the Dynamics of Diversity. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2003.
Social Networks
Menjívar, Cecilia. Fragmented Ties: Salvadoran Immigrant Networks in America. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000.
Wierzbicki, Susan. Beyond the Immigrant Enclave: Network Change and Assimilation. New York: LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2004.
Political Participation/Citizenship
Ong, Aihwa. Buddha Is Hiding: Refugees, Citizenship, the New America. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994.
Soysal, Yasemin Nuhoglu. Limits of Citizenship: Migrants and Postnational Membership in Europe. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1994.
Gender and Family
Hondagneu-Sotelo, Pierrette. Gendered Transitions: Mexican Experiences of Immigratio. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994.
Kibria, Nazli. Family Tightrope: The Changing Lives of Vietnamese Americans. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993.
The New Second Generation
Portes, Alejandro and Rubén G. Rumbaut. Legacies: The Story of the Immigrant Second Generation. Berkeley and New York, University of California Press and Russell Sage, 2001.
Rumbaut, Rubén G. and Alejandro Portes. Ethnicities: Children of Immigrants in America. Berkeley and New York, University of California Press and Russell Sage, 2001.
Zhou, Min and Carl L. Bankston III. Growing Up American: How Vietnamese Children Adapt to Life in the United States. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1998.
Research Methods for Migration Studies
Introduces methods used by social scientists to gather primary research data on international migrant and refugee populations, including sample surveys, unstructured interviewing, ethnographic observation, and archival research.
Nancy Foner, Nancy and Rubén G. Rumbaut, and Steven J. Gold. Immigration Research for a New Century: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. New York, Russell Sage, 2001.
The United States-Mexico Border
Explores the U.S.-Mexico frontier and the social-cultural issues on both sides of the international boundary. Social-historical and political-economic patterns illuminate border life, ethnic identity, social diversity, and cultural expression.
Nevins, Joseph. Operation Gatekeeper: The Rise of the "illegal alien" and The Making of the U.S.-Mexico Boundary. New York: Routledge, 2002.
Transnational Migration
Espiritu, Yen Le. Home Bound: Filipino American Lives Across Cultures, Communities, and Countries. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003.
Levitt, Peggy, and Mary C. Waters. The Changing Face of Home: The Transnational Lives of the Second Generation. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2002.
U.S. Immigration in Comparative Perspective
Comparative analysis of the U.S. immigration experience with other countries or nations, such as social and economic factors that shape the outcomes of immigration policies, public opinion toward immigrants, and the incorporation of immigrants.
Immigrants, Race and Ethnic Identity
Waters, Mary C. Black Identities: West Indian Immigrant Dreams and American Realities. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 1999.
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