Publisher's Synopsis
In this inter disciplinary study, a distinguished group of demographers, historians, and political scientists assess the relationship between immigration and foreign policy in the United States. First re-examining the consequences of the 19th-century and inter-war migrations, the authors then explore the origins of US refugee policy and refugee migration since World War II.;Focusing on the shift from European to Latin and Asian countries as the principle sources of immigrants in the postwar period, they weigh the consequences for US foreign policy goals of the dramatic change in ethnic balance. With its equal and parallel treatment of demographic and political aspects of migration, this work provides a valuable analysis of a significant, though heretofore neglected, factor shaping the foreign relations of the United States.
