During the last decade the issue of migration has increased in global prominence and has caused controversy among the host countries around the world. Continuing their interdisciplinary approach, editors Catherine Brettell and James Hollifield have included revised essays from the first edition in such fields as anthropology, political science, and history. This edition also features new essays by a demographer, geopgrapher, and sociologist.

INTRODUCTION--Migration Theory: Talking across Disciplines, Caroline B. Brettell and James F. Hollifield; CHAPTER 1--History and the Study of Immigration: Narratives of the Particular, Hasia R. Diner; CHAPTER 2--Demographic Analyses of International Migration, Michael S. Teitelbaum; CHAPTER 3--Are Immigrants Favorably Self-Selected? An Economic Analysis, Barry R. Chiswick; CHAPTER 4--The Sociology of Immigration: From Assimilation to Segmented; Assimilation, from the American Experience to the Global Arena, Barbara Schmitter Heisler; CHAPTER 5--Theorizing Migration in Anthropology: The Social Construction of Networks, Identities, Communities, and Globalscapes, Caroline B. Brettell; CHAPTER 6--Place, Space, and Pattern: Geographical Theories in International Migration, Susan W. Hardwick; CHAPTER 7--The Politics of International Migration: How Can We "Bring the State Back In"?, James F. Hollifield; CHAPTER 8--Law and the Study of Migration, Peter H. Schuck; CHAPTER 9--Re-booting Migration Theory: Interdisciplinarity, Globality and Post-disciplinarity in Migration Studies; Adrian Favell

Caroline Brettell is Dedman Family Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University and Dean ad Interim of Dedman College.

James F. Hollifield is Arnold Professor of International Political Economy and Director of the Tower Center for Political Studies at Southern Methodist University