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CCIS scholars publish books on a wide variety of topics related to immigration. CCIS also publishes its own research, distributed by Lynne Rienner Publishers or co-published with other university and commercial presses. For further information about these books and to order them, please click on the names or covers of the books.

Reaching for a New Deal
(distributed by Russell Sage Foundation)

Edited by Theda Skocpol and Lawrence R. Jacobs; contains John Skrentny’s chapter “Obama’s Immigration Reform: A Tough Sell for a Grand Bargain”

Published: August 2011, 320 pages, paperback


Female Immigrant Entrepreneurs: The Economic and Social Impact of a Global Phenomenon
(distributed by Ashgate Publishing Group)

Edited by Daphne Halkias, University of California, San Diego, USA; Paul Thurman, Columbia University, USA, Nicholas Harkiolakis, National Metsovio Polytechnic University, Greece and Sylva M. Caracatsanis, University of Exeter, UK

Published: December 2010, 324 pages, hardback


Recession Without Borders: Mexican Migrants Confront the Economic Downturn
(distributed by Lynne Rienner Publishers)

Edited by David Scott FitzGerald, Rafael Alarcón Acosta, and Leah Muse-Orlinoff

November 2010, 250 pages, paperback


Taking Local Control: Immigration Policy Activism in U.S. Cities and States
(distributed by Stanford University Press)

Edited by Monica W. Varsanyi

July 2010, 320 pages, paperback


economic-crisisMexican Migration and the US Economic Crisis: A Transnational Perspective
(distributed by Lynne Rienner Publishers)

Edited by Wayne A. Cornelius, David FitzGerald, Pedro Lewin, and Leah Muse-Orlinoff

Published 2009, 275 pages, paperback



emigrantsA Nation of Emigrants: How Mexico Manages Its Migration
(distributed by the University of California Press)

By David FitzGerald

Published 2009, 244 pages, paperback



diasporic-homecomingsDiasporic Homecomings: Ethnic Return Migration in Comparative Perspective
(distributed by Stanford University Press)

Edited by Takeyuki Tsuda

Published July 2009, 288 pages, paperback


mixtecaMigration from the Mexican Mixteca: A Transnational Community in Oaxaca and California
(distributed by Lynne Rienner Publishers)

Edited by Wayne A. Cornelius, David FitzGerald, Jorge Hernández-Díaz, and Scott Borger

Published 2009, 268 pages, paperback



four-generationsFour Generations of Norteños: New Research from the Cradle of Mexican Migration
(distributed by Lynne Rienner Publishers)

Co-edited by Wayne A. Cornelius, David FitzGerald, and Scott Borger

Published 2009, 250 pages, paperback



mayan-journeysMayan Journeys: The New Migration from Yucatán to the United States

(distributed by Lynne Rienner Publishers)

Co-edited by Wayne A. Cornelius, David S. FitzGerald, and Pedro Lewin Fischer

Published 2007, 275 pages, paperback


border-enforcementImpacts of Border Enforcement on Mexican Migration: The View from Sending Communities

(distributed by Lynne Rienner Publishers)

Co-edited by Wayne A. Cornelius and Jessa M. Lewis

Published 2007, 185 pages, paperback


local-citizenshipLocal Citizenship in Recent Countries of Immigration: Japan in Comparative Perspective

(a co-publication of Lexington Books and CCIS)

Edited by Takeyuki Tsuda

Published 2006, 306 pages, paperback


muslim-womenMuslim Women in Southern Spain: Stepdaughters of Al-Andalus
By Gunther Dietz and Nadia El-Shohoumi

Published 2005, 169 pages, paperback


controlling-immigrationControlling Immigration: A Global Perspective, 2nd edition, revised and expanded

(a co-publication of Stanford University Press and CCIS)

Edited by Wayne A. Cornelius, Takeyuki Tsuda, Philip L. Martin, and James F. Hollifield.

Published 2004, 550 pages, paperback


indigenous-mexican-migrantsIndigenous Mexican Migrants in the United States

Edited by Jonathan Fox and Gaspar Rivera-Salgado

Published 2004, 525 pages, paperback


transnational-politicsThe Transnational Politics of U.S. Immigration Policy

By Marc R. Rosenblum.

Published 2004, 127 pages, paperback


ethnic-homelandStrangers in the Ethnic Homeland: Japanese Brazilian Return Migration in Transnational Perspective

(published through Columbia University Press)

By Takeyuki Tsuda

Published 2003, 432 pages, paperback


reception-of-immigrantsHost Societies and the Reception of Immigrants

Edited by Jeffrey G. Reitz

Published 2003, 550 pages, paperback


highly-skilledThe International Migration of the Highly Skilled: Demand, Supply, and Development Consequences for Sending and Receiving Countries

Edited by Wayne A. Cornelius, Thomas J. Espenshade, and Idean Salehyan

Published 2001, 418 pages, paperback. ISBN 0-97028


color-linesColor Lines: Affirmative Action, Immigration, and Civil Rights Options for America

(published by University of Chicago Press)

Edited by John Skrentny

Published 2001, 370 pages, paperback


extra-territorial-citizenshipNegotiating Extra-Territorial Citizenship: Mexican Migration and the Transnational Politics of Community

By David Fitzerald

Published 2000, 122 pages, paperback


unconvential-brotherhoodAn Unconventional Brotherhood: Union Support for Liberalized Immigration in Europe

By Julie R. Watts

Published 2000, 64 pages, paperback

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