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MIGRANTS TO THE METROPOLIS: The Rise of Immigrant Gateway Cities. Edited by MARIE PRICE and LISA BENTON-SHORT. xvii and 428 pp.; maps, ills., bibliog., index. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2008. $45.00 (cloth), isbn 9780815631613; $24.95 (paper), isbn 9780815631866.
This edited volume is intended to expand the realm of literature dealing with globalization processes and their impacts while also challenging Tom Friedman's assertion that those processes have leveled the global economic playing field, creating a "flat" world. Instead, the editors argue that globalization has led to the rise of major and lesser command centers in the global economy and that this has led to the concentration of most international migrants in selected urban places rather than to an even, flatter sprawl over geographical space.
The two introductory chapters, cowritten by editors Marie Price and Lisa Benton-Short, lay the groundwork for the volume. They note that, whereas most globalization research to date has focused on border areas, national-level analyses, or individual industries and commodities,...
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