On the French Guiana-Suriname border, a hybrid space, members of the same population groups engage in circular mobility but little is known about the practices of these transnational communities. We explore how traditional emic social distinctions, modern states' language ideologies and emerging discourses in the urban context shape Maroon's…

In a context of intensified globalisation, knowledge diaspora as "trans-national human capital" have become increasingly valuable to society. With an awareness of a need for more empirical studies especially in Australia, this article concentrates on a group of academics who were working at a major university in Australia and came…

The hypothesis of this study is that just as the Soviet Jews are "pushed" to leave the USSR because of overt discrimination, some American Jews are "pushed" to leave the United States because of a feeling of uneasiness based upon their relation with the larger society. (Author)

Discussed ethnic groups in the United States and the fact that they are subsiding and disappearing. (Author/RK)

Notes that intolerance for Mexicans reached a level where a decisive portion of the community organized and financed large scale repatriation only when industry had little need for Mexican labor and when Mexicans were perceived as responsible for high relief costs and native American unemployment. (Author/AM)

Places the facts of Filipino migration to the United States, the most important foreign destination, in demographic perspective. (Author)

This paper, presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology Congress in Amsterdam, describes the emergence of illegal migration as a social phenomenon of world wide significance. Specifically it examines the nature of the social relations that evolve when a large number of an alien population reside legally in a foreign country and present among…

Analyses the following: (1) general trends of Korean Immigrants to the U.S. from 1959 to 1971, and, (2) ascribed characteristics of Koreans in America as reported in the 1970 census. (Author)

Shows how Chicanos in Chicago adapted to and participated in the further evolution of the three major neighborhoods in which they settled and shows how distinctive neighborhood patterns partially determined the variable development of Chicano identity within the three settlements. (Author/AM)

Theories and findings of variety of authors regarding the transition of farm labor to urban life. Touches most of secondary and post-secondary education. Manpower Research Visibility is a supplement to the American Vocational Journal. (Editor/MU)

The history and culture of Sikhs in North America are reviewed. Sikhs have left their native India for almost all countries of the world. Problems faced by Sikh immigrants and their descendants in Canada and the United States are explored. Maintaining their heritage is a challenge. (SLD)

This article contains statistical study of the 19th century Dutch immigration to the United States. Computer generated statistical data are interpreted analytically and general conclusions are offered. (Author/RM)

These proceedings of a 1982 symposium on Scandinavian emigration in Australia include presentations on three general topics: field work conducted in Australia and New Zealand in 1980-82; research progress; and Australian immigration policy. The presentors and their papers are: (1) Hans Norman, "The Emigration to America from the Nordic…

Analysis of the 1990 Public Use Microdata Sample indicates that interstate migration during 1985-90 was less common for immigrant men than for non-Hispanic, White, native-born men. This difference was most strongly related to human capital factors (age, education, self-employment), followed by social capital factors (nativity group concentration)…