Review by Choice Review
An elegant, brief introduction by Gordon Lewis gets this volume off to a nice start. Contributions are organized around the themes of origins and destinations, settlement and adaptation, and illegal migration. On the first subject, editor Palmer (economics, Howard University) argues that a household's migration cycle, if it is not stopped at the outset, will continue indefinitely. A.H. Richmond and A. Mendoza (York University) demonstrate that educational deficiencies and needs put West Indians at a disadvantage in the UK and Canada vis-a-vis immigrants from the Indian subcontinent. Women migrants and their adaptability under stress provide the focus for studies by M.H. Gordon (CUNY) and A.W. Bonnet (California State at San Bernadino). The volume closes with studies of illegal migration by Palmer and L.S. Roney of the US Immigration and Naturalization Service. Although the authors provide useful analyses, data, and proposals, the specialized nature of the material makes it most appropriate for large collections or those focused on migration, the Caribbean, and/or minority relations in the English-speaking world. -E. M. Dew, Fairfield University
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Review by Choice Review
