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Table of contents :
Cover
Title Page, Copyright
Contents
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction. Immigration and Immigration Research in the United States
Chapter 1. Immigration Research in the United States: Social Origins and Future Orientations
The Sociological Roots and Multidisciplinary Future of Immigration Research
Anthropology and the Study of Immigration
Race and Immigration History
The Politics of Immigration Policy: An Externalist Perspective
Immigration Studies and the Social Science Research Council
Chapter 3. Filling in Some Holes: Six Areas of Needed Immigration Research
Chapter 4. Which Face? Whose Nation? Immigration, Public Health, and the Construction of Disease at America's Ports and Borders, 1891 to 1928
Chapter 5. "The Exported to Care": A Transnational History of Filipino Nurse Migration to the United States
Chapter 6. Transnational Political Strategies: The Case of Mexican Indigenous Migrants
Chapter 7. Naturalization Under Changing Conditions of Membership: Dominican Immigrants in New York City
Chapter 8. Participation in Liberal Democracy: The Political Assimilation of Immigrants and Ethnic Minorities in the United States
Chapter 9. The Rise of Nonstate Actors in Migration Regulation in the Unites States and Europe: Changing the Gatekeepers or Bringing Back the State?
Chapter 10. One Border, Two Crossings: Mexican Migration to the United States as a Two-Way Process
Chapter 11. Immigrant Labor Recruitment: U.S. Agribusiness and Undocumented Migration from Mexico
Chapter 12. Skilled Immigrants and Cerebreros: Foreign-Born Engineers and Scientists in the High Technology Industy of Silicon Valley
Chapter 13. Immigrant and African American Competition: Jewish, Korean, and African American Entrepreneurs
Chapter 14. Outsourcing the Hearth: The Impact of Immigration on Labor Allocation in American Families
Chapter 15. En el Norte la Mujer Manda: Gender, Generation, and Geography in a Mexican Transnational Community
Chapter 16. Dialing 911 in Nuer: Gender Transformations and Domestic Violence in a Midwestern Sudanese Refugee Community
Chapter 17. Language, Race, and the New Immigrants: The Example of Southern Italians
Chapter 18. A New White Flight? The Dynamics of Neighborhood Change in the 1980s
Chapter 19. Transnational Community and its Ethnic Consequences: The Return Migration and the Transformation of Ethnicity of Japanese-Peruvians
Chapter 20. Migrants Participate across Borders: Toward an Understanding of Forms and Consequences
Index
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IMMIGRATION RESEARCH FOR A NEW CENTURY

IMMIGRATION RESEARCH FOR A NEW CENTURY MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES

NANCY FONER RUBEN

G.

STEVEN

J.

RUMBAUT GOLD

EDITORS

RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION I NEW YORK

The Russell Sage Foundation The Russell Sage Foundation, one of the oldest of America's general purpose foundations, was established in 1907 by Mrs. Margaret Olivia Sage for "the improvement of social and living conditions in the United States." The Foundation seeks to fulfill this mandate by fostering the development and dissemination of knowledge about the country's political, social, and economic problems. While the Foundation endeavors to assure the accuracy and objectivity of each book it publishes, the conclusions and interpretations in Russell Sage Foundation publications are those of the authors and not of the Foundation, its Trustees, or its staff. Publication by Russell Sage, therefore, does not imply Foundation endorsement. BOARD OF TRUSTEES Ira Katznelson, Chair Alan S. Blinder Christine K. Cassel Thomas D. Cook Robert E. Denham Phoebe C. Ellsworth

Jennifer 1. Hochschild Timothy A. Hultquist Ellen Condliffe Lagemann Cora B. Marrett Neil J. Smelser

Eugene Smolensky Marta Tienda Eric Wanner

SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL COMMITIEE ON INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION T. Alexander Aleinikoff Demetrios G. Papademetriou Mary C. Waters Robin Cohen Alejandro Portes Aristide Zolberg Nancy Foner Ruben G. Rumbaut James H. Johnson, Jr. George J. Sanchez Charles Hirschman, Committee Chair Josh DeWind, Program Director Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Immigration research for a new century: multidisciplinary perspectives / Nancy Foner, Ruben G. Rumbaut, and Steven J. Gold, editors. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87154-260-9 (cloth) ISBN 0-87154-261-7 (paper) 1. Emigration and immigration-Research. I. Foner, Nancy, 1945II. Rumbaut, Ruben G. III. Gold, Steven J. (Steven James) JV60l3.5 .155 2000 304.8'2-dc21

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Contents

Contributors

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Acknowledgments Introduction

IMMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION RESEARCH IN THE UNITED STATES

Nancy Foner, Ruben G. Rumbaut, and Steven

PART I

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STUDYING IMMIGRATION: DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES AND FUTURE RESEARCH NEEDS 1

IMMIGRATION RESEARCH IN THE UNITED STATES: SOCIAL ORIGINS AND FUTURE ORIENTATIONS

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Ruben G. Rumbaut Chapter

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THE VIEW FROM THE DISCIPLINES AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL THE SOCIOLOGICAL ROOTS AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY FUTURE OF IMMIGRATION RESEARCH

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Mary C. Waters ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE STUDY OF IMMIGRATION

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Nancy Foner RACE AND IMMIGRATION HISTORY

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THE POLITICS OF IMMIGRATION POLICY: AN EXTERNALIST PERSPECTIVE Aristide R. Zolberg IMMIGRATION STUDIES AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL

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IMMIGRATION RESEARCH FOR A NEW CENTURY

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PART II

FILLING IN SOME HOLES: SIX AREAS OF NEEDED IMMIGRATION RESEARCH Herbert r. Gans

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STUDIES OF IMMIGRATION: RESEARCH FROM A NEW GENERATION OF SCHOLARS POLITICAL ECONOMY, MEMBERSHIP, AND THE STATE

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WHICH FACE? WHOSE NATION? IMMIGRATION, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF DISEASE AT AMERICA'S PORTS AND BORDERS, 1891 TO 1928 Howard Markel and Alexandra Minna Stern "THE EXPORTED TO CARE": A TRANSNATIONAL HISTORY OF FILIPINO NURSE MIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES Catherine Ceniza Choy TRANSNATIONAL POLITICAL STRATEGIES: THE CASE OF MEXICAN INDIGENOUS MIGRANTS Gaspar Rivera-Salgado NATURALIZATION UNDER CHANGING CONDITIONS OF MEMBERSHIP: DOMINICAN IMMIGRANTS IN NEW YORK CITY Greta Gilbertson and Audrey Singer PARTICIPATION IN LIBERAL DEMOCRACY: THE POLITICAL ASSIMILATION OF IMMIGRANTS AND ETHNIC MINORITIES IN THE UNITED STATES rane runn THE RISE OF NONSTATE ACTORS IN MIGRATION REGULATION IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE: CHANGING THE GATEKEEPERS OR BRINGING BACK THE STATE? Gallya Lahav

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MIGRATION, ECONOMIC INCORPORATION, AND THE MARKET Chapter 10

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ONE BORDER, TWO CROSSINGS: MEXICAN MIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES AS A TWO-WAY PROCESS Steven S. Zahniser

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IMMIGRANT LABOR RECRUITMENT: U.S. AGRIBUSINESS AND UNDOCUMENTED MIGRATION FROM MEXICO Fred Krissman SKILLED IMMIGRANTS AND CEREBREROS: FOREIGN-BORN ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS IN THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY OF SILICON VALLEY Rafael Alarc6n IMMIGRANT AND AFRICAN AMERICAN COMPETITION: JEWISH, KOREAN, AND AFRICAN AMERICAN ENTREPRENEURS Jennifer Lee OUTSOURCING THE HEARTH: THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION ON LABOR ALLOCATION IN AMERICAN FAMILIES Kathy A. Kaufman

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ETHNICITY, RACE, GENDER, AND COMMUNITY Chapter 15

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Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

EN EL NORTE LA MUJER MANDA: GENDER, GENERATION, AND GEOGRAPHY IN A MEXICAN TRANSNATIONAL COMMUNITY Jennifer S. Hirsch DIALING 911 IN NUER: GENDER TRANSFORMATIONS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN A MIDWESTERN SUDANESE REFUGEE COMMUNITY Jon D. Holtzman LANGUAGE, RACE, AND THE NEW IMMIGRANTS: THE EXAMPLE OF SOUTHERN ITALIANS Nancy C. Carnevale A NEW WHITE FLIGHT? THE DYNAMICS OF NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE IN THE 1980s Ingrid Gould Ellen TRANSNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND ITS ETHNIC CONSEQUENCES: THE RETURN MIGRATION AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF ETHNICITY OF JAPANESE-PERUVIANS Ayumi Tal