A Place to Call Home - by Ernesto Castañeda (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>What makes some cities successful in integrating immigrants while others fail? Using ethnographic observation, original survey data, and interviews conducted in New York, Paris, and Barcelona, Ernesto Castañeda compares the experiences of Latino and North African migrants and sets out to answer how different locations can aid or disrupt the process of belonging for its migrants.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>As immigrants settle in new places, they are faced with endless uncertainties that prevent them from feeling that they belong. From language barriers, to differing social norms, to legal boundaries separating them from established residents, they are constantly navigating shifting and contradictory expectations both to assimilate to their new culture and to honor their native one. In <i>A Place to Call Home</i>, Ernesto Castañeda offers a uniquely comparative portrait of immigrant expectations and experiences. Drawing on fourteen years of ethnographic observation and hundreds of interviews with documented and undocumented immigrants and their children, Castañeda sets out to determine how different locations can aid or disrupt the process of immigrant integration. Focusing on New York City, Paris, and Barcelona--immigration hubs in their respective countries--he compares the experiences of both Latino and North African migrants, and finds that subjective understandings, local contexts, national and regional history, and religious institutions are all factors that profoundly impact the personal journey to belonging.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>A Place to Call Home</i> deepens our knowledge of how place matters in shaping immigrant integration. This book is an important contribution to the study of immigration and cities and leads to more interesting questions...The insights uncovered by this work have important implications for designing better policy for welcoming immigrants into cities.--Jackelyn Hwang, <i>American Journal of Sociology<i><br><br>[Castañeda] develops a rich dialogue between prior research, survey respondents, and ethnographic insights for each city. <i>A Place to Call Home</i> will make an appealing addition to undergraduate or graduate courses in sociology, politics, immigration, citizenship, religion, and ethnic studies.-- Stephen P. Ruszczyk, <i>Sociological Forum</i><br><br>Based on extensive fieldwork in three immigrant-receiving cities, this book provides a rich first-hand look at how immigrants adapt and react to different contexts of reception and how these contexts affect long-term outcomes for their foreign-origin populations. A valuable and original contribution to the study of immigration and ethnicity.--Alejandro Portes "Princeton University"<br><br>This brilliant transnational ethnography illuminates how immigrants constantly negotiate their host communities and their native ones. An astounding fourteen years of painstaking fieldwork provide a one-of-a-kind look at the lives of undocumented and documented immigrants within international, national, and community contexts. This social science masterpiece provides a definitive analysis on what must be done to improve the integration process for vulnerable immigrant populations.--Victor M. Rios "University of California, Santa Barbara"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Ernesto Castañeda</b> is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the American University in Washington, DC.
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