Western Hemisphere immigration and United States foreign policy / edited by Christopher Mitchell ; contributors, Jorge I. Domínguez [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mitchell, Christopher, 1944-

Domínguez, Jorge I., 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

United States.

United States--Emigration and immigration.

Latin America--Emigration and immigration.

Latin America.

United States--Foreign relations--Latin America.

Latin America--Foreign relations--United States.

Emigration and immigration.

Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Diplomatic relations.

Genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Physical Description:

xii, 314 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©1992.

Summary:

This book adds a wealth of new data on the political significance of inter-American migration, through case studies of the politics of population flows from Cuba, Central America, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico. This theme has received only preliminary attention fully ten years after the Mariel boat-lift from Cuba. The contributing scholars bolster an emerging trend in the broad study of international population movements, emphasizing the effect of government policies on migration and challenging the notion that migration is a social process quite insulated from the effects of public policy.

Contents:

Cooperating with the enemy? / Jorge I. Domínguez

U.S. foreign policy and Dominican migration to the United States / Christopher Mitchell

Unintended consequences / Alex Stepick

Central America and the politicization of U.S. immigration policy / Lars Schoultz

Migration and U.S.-Mexican relations, 1966-1986 / Carlos Rico

Reviewing the case studies / Christopher Mitchell.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

Other Format:

Online version: Western Hemisphere immigration and United States foreign policy.

ISBN:

0271007893

9780271007892

0271007915

9780271007915

OCLC:

23286697