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William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse
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ISBN: 1526101920 9781526101921 9780719091445 0719091446 1526101939 Year: 2014 Publisher: New York [Dublin]

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This is a revealing account of the family life and achievements of the Third Earl of Rosse, a hereditary peer and resident landlord at Birr Castle, County Offaly, in nineteenth-century Ireland, before, during and after the devastating famine of the 1840s. He was a remarkable engineer, who built enormous telescopes in the cloudy middle of Ireland. The book gives details, in an attractive non-technical style which requires no previous scientific knowledge, of his engineering initiatives and the astronomical results, but also reveals much more about the man and his contributions - locally in the.


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Immigration outside the law
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ISBN: 0199385319 0199385300 9780199385300 9781306731263 1306731267 9780199768431 0199768439 9780199385317 Year: 2014 Publisher: New York, New York : Oxford University Press,

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"In 1975, Texas adopted a law allowing school districts to bar children from public schools if they were in the United States unlawfully. The US Supreme Court responded in 1982 with a landmark decision, Plyler v. Doe, that kept open the schoolhouse doors, allowing these children to get the education that state law would have denied. The Court established a child's constitutional right to attend public elementary and secondary schools, regardless of immigration status. With Plyler, three questions emerged that have remained central to the national conversation about immigration outside the law: What does it mean to be in the country unlawfully? What is the role of state and local governments in dealing with unauthorized migration? Are unauthorized migrants'Americans in waiting?'Today, as the United States weighs immigration reform, debates over'illegal'or'undocumented'immigrants have become more polarized than ever. In Immigration Outside the Law, acclaimed immigration law expert Hiroshi Motomura, author of the award-winning Americans in Waiting, offers a framework for understanding why these debates are so contentious. In a reasoned, lucid, and careful discussion, he explains the history of unauthorized migration, the sources of current disagreements, and points the way toward durable answers. In his refreshingly fair-minded analysis, Motomura explains the complexities of immigration outside the law for students and scholars, policy-makers looking for constructive solutions, and anyone who cares about this contentious issue."-from EbscoHost


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Sans papiers : the social and economic lives of young undocumented migrants
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ISBN: 1849649049 1849649030 9781849649032 9781849649049 9781849649056 1849649057 9780745332611 0745332617 0745333907 9780745333908 1849649057 Year: 2014 Publisher: London Pluto Press

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Undocumented migration is a huge global phenomenon, yet little is known about the reality of life for those involved. Sans Papiers combines a contemporary account of the theoretical and policy debates with an in-depth exploration of the lived experiences of undocumented migrants in the UK from Zimbabwe, China, Brazil, Ukraine and Turkish Kurdistan. Built around their voices, the book provides a unique understanding of migratory processes, gendered experiences and migrant aspirations. Moving between the uniqueness of individual experience and the search for commonalities, the book explores the ambiguities and contradictions of being an undocumented migrant. With its insights into personal experiences alongside analysis of wider policy issues, Sans Papiers will have wide appeal for students, academics, policy-makers and practitioners.


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The voyage of the Komagata Maru
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ISBN: 0774825499 0774825480 1306568641 9780774825481 9780774825498 9780774825504 0774825502 Year: 2014 Publisher: Vancouver UBC Press

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A century has passed since the Komagata Maru arrived in Vancouver. Its arrival was a direct challenge to Canada's immigration laws, which barred immigrants from India – yet the nearly four hundred Punjabi passengers on board the ship had been promised equality with all other British subjects, and they arrived to claim that right. The Voyage of the Komagata Maru is an extensive revision, reappraisal, and expansion of Hugh Johnston's authoritative history of the Komagata Maru incident, first published in 1979. The updated edition draws in new research – exploring legal issues and the motives of the passengers and their leaders and supporters – and revisits the previous edition's assessments in light of insight gained over the intervening decades. Now expanded by more than 50 percent, this landmark book is still the only comprehensive historical account of the Komagata Maru incident – a story of immigration, empire, and politics, which Canadians increasingly recognize as a critical moment in this country's history.


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The External Dimension of the EU's Migration Policy
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ISBN: 9789004265240 9004265244 9004265252 9789004265257 Year: 2014 Volume: 34 Publisher: Leiden BRILL

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In recent years the EU has been active in developing a common European immigration policy in cooperation with third countries and in building an “external dimension” of such an EU policy. The linkages between the EU’s external relations and migration policies have influenced the distinct legal positions of third-country nationals (non-EU nationals). This book critically discusses whether the EU’s objective of creating a common EU migration policy can be achieved against the backdrop of a highly fragmented EU framework for migration law and policy, and it argues that it is difficult to speak of one single, unitary group of third-country nationals forming the counterpart to EU citizens.


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Illegal
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ISBN: 0252079868 0252096185 9780252096181 1306407079 9781306407076 9780252038310 0252038312 9780252079863 Year: 2014 Publisher: Urbana

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"A day after N. first crossed the U.S. border from Mexico, he was caught and then released onto the streets of Tijuana. Undeterred, N. crawled back through a tunnel to San Diego, where he entered the United States forever. Illegal: Reflections of an Undocumented Immigrant is his timely and compelling memoir of building a new life in America. Authorial anonymity is required to protect this life. Arriving in the 1990's with a 9th grade education, N. traveled to Chicago where he found access to ESL classes and GED classes. He eventually attended college and graduate school and became a professional translator. Despite having a well-paying job, N. was isolated by a lack of official legal documentation. Travel concerns made big promotions out of reach. Vacation time was spent hiding at home, pretending that he was on a long-planned trip. The simple act of purchasing his girlfriend a beer at a Cubs baseball game caused embarrassment and shame when N. couldn't produce a valid ID. A frustrating contradiction, N. lived in a luxury high-rise condo but couldn't fully live the American dream. He did, however, find solace in the one gift America gave him--his education. Ultimately, N.'s is the story of the triumph of education over adversity. In Illegal he debunks the stereotype that undocumented immigrants are freeloaders without access to education or opportunity for advancement. With bravery and honesty, N. details the constraints, deceptions, and humiliations that characterize alien life "amid the shadows." "--


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Immigrant protest : politics, aesthetics, and everyday dissent
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ISBN: 9781438453118 9781438453125 9781438453125 1438453124 1438453116 1438453108 9781438453101 Year: 2014 Publisher: Albany, N.Y. SUNY Press

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The last decade has witnessed a global explosion of immigrant protests, political mobilizations by irregular migrants and pro-migrant activists. This volume considers the implications of these struggles for critical understandings of citizenship and borders. Scholars, visual and performance artists, and activists explore the ways in which political activism, art, and popular culture can work to challenge the multiple forms of discrimination and injustice faced by "illegal" and displaced peoples. They focus on a wide range of topics, including desire and neo-colonial violence in film, visibility and representation, pedagogical function of protest, and the role of the arts and artists in the explosion of political protests that challenge the precarious nature of migrant life in the Global North. They also examine shifting practices of boundary making and boundary taking, changing meanings and lived experiences of citizenship, arguing for a noborder politics enacted through a "noborder scholarship."--


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The Oxford handbook of ethnicity, crime, and immigration.
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ISBN: 0199984557 0199859027 9780199859023 9780199859016 0199859019 9780199984558 9780190947330 0190947330 Year: 2014 Publisher: Oxford Oxford University Press

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Individual chapters provide in-depth critical overviews of key issues, controversies, and research. Contributors present the historical backdrops of their subjects, describe population characteristics, and summarize relevant data and research findings. Most articles provide synopses of racial, ethnic, immigration, and justice-related concerns and offer policy recommendations and proposals for future research. Some articles are case studies of particular problems in particular places, including juvenile incarceration, homicide, urban violence, social exclusion, and other issues disproportionately affecting disadvantaged minority groups. The Oxford Handbook of Ethnicity, Crime, and Immigration is the first major effort to examine and synthesize knowledge concerning immigration and crime, ethnicity and crime, and race and crime in one volume, and does so both for the United States and for many other countries."--pub. desc. "Social tensions between majority and minority populations often center on claims that minorities are largely responsible for crime and disorder. Members of some disadvantaged groups in all developed countries, sometimes long-standing residents and other times recent immigrants, experience unwarranted disparities in their dealings with the criminal justice system. Accusations of unfair treatment by police and courts are common. The Oxford Handbook of Ethnicity, Crime, and Immigration provides comprehensive analyses of current knowledge about these and a host of related subjects. Topics include legal and illegal immigration, ethnic and race relations, and discrimination and exclusion, and their links to crime in the United States and elsewhere. Leading scholars from sociology, criminology, law, psychology, geography, and political science document and explore relations among race, ethnicity, immigration, and crime.

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Emigration and immigration --- Crime and race. --- Undocumented immigrants. --- Crime --- Race relations. --- Integration, Racial --- Race problems --- Race question --- Relations, Race --- Ethnology --- Social problems --- Sociology --- Ethnic relations --- Minorities --- Racism --- Criminal sociology --- Criminology --- Sociology of crime --- Race and crime --- Race-crime relationships --- Race --- Social aspects. --- Sociological aspects. --- Sociological aspects --- Crime and race --- Illegal aliens --- Race relations --- Aliens --- Aliens, Illegal --- Illegal immigrants --- Illegal immigration --- Undocumented aliens --- Alien detention centers --- Human smuggling --- Social aspects --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- E-books --- Illegal aliens. --- Enemy aliens --- Expatriates --- Foreign population --- Foreign residents --- Foreigners --- Non-citizens --- Noncitizens --- Resident aliens --- Unauthorized immigrants --- Undocumented immigrants --- Unnaturalized foreign residents --- Persons --- Émigration et immigration --- Criminalité et race --- Immigrés clandestins --- Criminalité --- Relations interethniques --- Aspect social. --- Sociologie. --- Race Relations --- Noncitizens. --- Illegal immigration. --- Children of illegal aliens --- Illegal alien children --- Irregular migration --- Unauthorized immigration --- Undocumented immigration --- Women illegal aliens --- Noncitizen detention centers --- Emigration and immigration - Social aspects --- Crime - Sociological aspects --- Allemagne --- Australie --- Canada --- Etats-Unis --- France --- Guatemala --- Italie --- Japon --- Norvège --- Pays-Bas --- Royaume-Uni --- Aspect social --- Émigration et immigration --- Criminalité et race --- Immigrés clandestins --- Criminalité


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The boundaries of "the Japanese"
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ISBN: 1920901434 9781920901431 9781920901486 1920901485 9781920901424 1920901426 9781925608946 Year: 2014 Publisher: Melbourne Trans Pacific Press

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"The dynamics of inclusion and exclusion have operated for centuries in the island chain that constitutes Japan's southernmost prefecture, Okinawa - otherwise known as the Ryukyu Islands. Are the people of Okinawa 'Japanese' or not 'Japanese'? Answers to this puzzling question are explored in this richly-detailed volume by one of Japan's foremost public intellectuals, historical sociologist Eiji Oguma. Here, the author addresses issues of Okinawan sovereignty and its people's changing historical, cultural and linguistic identity over more than 150 years until its 1972 reversion to Japanese control, following its administration by the United States from the end of the Pacific War." from the publisher's website. Eiji Oguma further explores the fluctuating political, geographical, ethnic and sociocultural borders of ‘Japan’ and ‘the Japanese’ from the latter years of the Tokugawa shogunate to the mid-20th century. It focusses first upon the northern island of Hokkaido with its indigenous Ainu inhabitants, and then upon the mainstays of Japan’s colonial empire—Taiwan and Korea. In continuing to elaborate his theme of inclusion and exclusion, the author comprehensively recounts and analyses the events, actions, campaigns and attitudes of both the rulers and the ruled as Japan endeavoured both to be seen as a strong, civilised nation by the wider world, and to ‘civilise’ its disparate subjects on its own terms.

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Noncitizens --- Ethnology --- Aliens --- Enemy aliens --- Expatriates --- Foreign citizens (Aliens) --- Foreign population --- Foreign residents --- Foreigners --- Resident aliens --- Unnaturalized foreign residents --- Persons --- Deportees --- Exiles --- Immigrants --- Refugees --- History. --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Japan --- Okinawa Island (Japan) --- Ryukyu Islands --- al-Yābān --- Giappone --- Government of Japan --- Iapōnia --- I︠A︡ponii︠a︡ --- Japam --- Japani --- Japão --- Japon --- Japonia --- Japonsko --- Japonya --- Jih-pen --- Mư̄ang Yīpun --- Nihon --- Nihon-koku --- Nihonkoku --- Nippon --- Nippon-koku --- Nipponkoku --- Prathēt Yīpun --- Riben --- State of Japan --- Yābān --- Yapan --- Yīpun --- Zhāpān --- Япония --- اليابان --- يابان --- 日本 --- 日本国 --- Ethnic relations. --- Colonies --- Administration --- J4190.79 --- J4127 --- J4190.80 --- J4190.90 --- J4207 --- History --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- local communities and culture -- Okinawa prefecture and Ryūkyū region (Seinan) --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- social identity and self --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- local communities and culture -- Hokkaidō (Ezo) --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- local communities and culture -- former colonial areas --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- communities -- native ethnicity and race --- Illegal aliens --- Illegal immigrants --- Non-citizens --- Unauthorized immigrants --- Undocumented aliens --- Undocumented immigrants --- Jepun --- Yapon --- Yapon Ulus --- I︠A︡pon --- Япон --- I︠A︡pon Uls --- Япон Улс


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Illegality, Inc. : clandestine migration and the business of bordering Europe
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ISBN: 9780520282520 9780520282513 9780520958289 0520958284 1306923611 9781306923613 0520282515 0520282523 Year: 2014 Publisher: Oakland, Calif. University of California Press

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In this groundbreaking ethnography, Ruben Andersson, a gifted anthropologist and journalist, travels along the clandestine migration trail from Senegal and Mali to the Spanish North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. Through the voices of his informants, Andersson explores, viscerally and emphatically, how Europe's increasingly powerful border regime meets and interacts with its target-the clandestine migrant. This vivid, rich work examines the subterranean migration flow from Africa to Europe, and shifts the focus from the "illegal immigrants" themselves to the vast industry built around their movements. This fascinating and accessible book is a must-read for anyone interested in the politics of international migration and the changing texture of global culture.

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Illegal aliens --- Immigrants clandestins --- Ceuta (Spain) --- Melilla (Spain) --- Mali --- Senegal --- Ceuta (Espagne) --- Melilla (Espagne) --- Sénégal --- Emigration and immigration --- Emigration et immigration --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration. --- #SBIB:39A6 --- Aliens --- Aliens, Illegal --- Illegal immigrants --- Illegal immigration --- Undocumented aliens --- Alien detention centers --- Human smuggling --- Etniciteit / Migratiebeleid en -problemen --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Social science --- Anthropology --- Cultural. --- Emigration & Immigration. --- Sénégal --- Undocumented immigrants --- R.M. (République du Mali) --- RM (République du Mali) --- République du Mali --- Mali ka Fasojamana --- مالي --- Малі --- Рэспубліка Малі --- Rėspublika Mali --- Мали --- Република Мали --- Republika Mali --- Μάλι --- Δημοκρατία του Μάλι --- Dēmokratia tou Mali --- מאלי --- רפובליקת מאלי --- Republiḳat Mali --- 말리 --- Malli --- 말리 공화국 --- Malli Konghwaguk --- マリ共和国 --- Mari Kyōwakoku --- Республика Мали --- Республіка Малі --- Cộng hòa Mali --- 马里共和国 --- Mali Gongheguo --- マリ --- Mari --- Sudanese Republic --- Melilla, Morocco --- Rusadir (Spain) --- Rusaddir (Spain) --- M'lila (Spain) --- Millela (Spain) --- Malīlīyah (Spain) --- Malīlyah (Spain) --- Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla (Spain) --- Ceuta --- Sabtah (Spain) --- Cepta (Spain) --- Ceupta (Spain) --- Cevta (Spain) --- Sebta (Spain) --- Sinighāl --- Territoire du Sénégal --- Gouvernement du Sénégal --- Republic of Senegal --- République du Sénégal --- Gouvernement de la République du Sénégal --- Saaxle Senegaal --- Réewum Senegaal --- Republiek van Senegal --- سنغال --- Republica de Senegal --- Rèpublica du Sènègal --- Seneqal --- Seneqal Respublikası --- Сенегал --- Senehal --- Рэспубліка Сенегал --- Rėspublika Senehal --- Republik Senegal --- Republika Senegal --- República del Senegal --- Senegalská republika --- Gweriniaeth Sénégal --- Senegali Vabariik --- Σενεγαλη --- Senegalē --- Δημοκρατια της Σενεγαλης --- Dēmokratia tēs Senegalēs --- セネガル --- Senegaru --- French Sudan --- Mali Federation --- Africa, French-speaking West --- Emigration and immigration. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration --- Enemy aliens --- Expatriates --- Foreign population --- Foreign residents --- Foreigners --- Non-citizens --- Noncitizens --- Resident aliens --- Unauthorized immigrants --- Unnaturalized foreign residents --- Persons --- Ciudad de Ceuta (Spain) --- Cueta (Spain) --- Septa (Spain) --- Septem Fratres (Spain) --- Russadir (Spain) --- Mřič (Spain) --- مليلية (Spain) --- Ciudad de Melilla (Spain) --- Children of illegal aliens --- Illegal alien children --- Irregular migration --- Unauthorized immigration --- Undocumented immigration --- Women illegal aliens --- Noncitizen detention centers --- Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta (Spain) --- africa to europe. --- african migration. --- anthropology. --- border crossings. --- border regime. --- borderlands. --- california series in public anthropology. --- civic. --- clandestine migration trail. --- confrontations. --- cultural anthropology. --- cultural studies. --- emigration and immigration studies. --- ethnographic research. --- europe. --- global culture. --- global disaster. --- history. --- illegal immigrants. --- international drama. --- international migration. --- journalism. --- mali. --- migrants. --- migration. --- national security. --- politics. --- powerful border. --- senegal. --- subterranean migration. --- Migration. Refugees --- International private law --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- Europe --- Africa

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