Guests and Aliens

232 Pages·2000·40.845 MB·English

by  Saskia Sassen, Saskia Sassan

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'namics ofstates and markets, and she delivers them again in this sweeping overview
oftwo centuries ofEuropean labor migrations."
—
aristide R. zolberg, University-in-Exile ProfessorofPolitical Science,
and Directorofthe International Centerfor Migration, Ethnicity,
and Citizenship, New School University
Saskia Sassen's analysis ofglobal transfers of
money and power haveearned hera reputatioi
one oftheworld's leadingexperts on
globalization. In brings her
impressive interpretive skillsto bearon the
related issueofimmigration, puttingcurrent
"crises" in an historical contextforthefirsttime
GuestsandA
ofimmigration that historically have resulte
in nations' welcoming incomers as guests
ordisparagingthem describes
the relative normalityofthe pursuitofwork
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across borders duringthe emergenceofthe
European nation-states and explainsthe
economic and o<
Italians and Eastern European Jews duringthe
nineteenth and earlytwentieth centuries.
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She also discusses the dislocations particularly
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those aftertheend ofWorld War II that have
engendered the "refugee" concept.
By mappingthe long historyofglobal
migration, Sassen shows thattheAmerican
experience is justone phase in an extended
historyofbordercrossing.

GUESTS AND ALIENS
Also by Saskia Sassen
Globalization andItsDiscontents:
Essays on theNewMobility ofPeople andMoney
TheMobilityofLaborand Capital
The Global City
Cities in a WorldEconomy
Losing Control?Sovereignty in anAge ofGlobalization
SASKIA SASSEN
GUESTS
AND
ALIENS
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JV6021
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1999
©1999bySaskiaSassen.Allrightsreserved.
OriginallypublishedinGermany©1996FischerTaschenbuchVerlag,
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p. cm.
Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
ISBN1-56584-481-5(Hardcover)
1. Emigrationandimmigration-History. 2. Refugees-History.
3. Emigrationandimmigration-Governmentpolicy-History.
4. Refugees-Governmentpolicy-History. I. Title.
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