Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Host societies and the reception of immigrants : research themes, emerging theories, and methodological issues / Jeffrey G. Reitz -- pt. I. Preexisting ethnic and race relations in host societies -- 2. The sociology of immigration : second thoughts and reconsiderations / Roger Waldinger -- 3. Immigrants and African Americans : comparative perspectives on the New York experience across time and space / Nancy Foner -- 4. Becoming Americans/becoming New Yorkers : immigrant incorporation in a majority minority city / Philip Kasinitz, John Mollenkopf, and Mary C. Waters -- 5. Educational attainments of immigrant offspring : success or segmented assimilation? / Monica Boyd -- 6. Residential inequality and segregation in an immigration era : an analysis of major U.S. metropolitan regions in 1990 / Richard D. Alba, John R. Logan, and Brian J. Stults -- pt. II. Labor markets and related institutions -- 7. Educational expansion and the employment success of immigrants in the United States and Canada, 1970-1990 / Jeffrey G. Reitz -- 8. The cost of not being Christian : Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims in Britain and Canada / Suzanne Model and Lang Lin -- 9. Human versus social capital : immigrant wages and labor market incorporation in Japan and the United States / Takeyuki Tsuda, Zulema Valdez, and Wayne A. Corneluis -- 10. Undressing the garment industry : immigrant entrepreneurship in seven cities / Jan Rath

pt. III. Governments and immigrant incorporation -- 11. Welfare reform and immigrant participation in welfare programs / George J. Borjas -- 12. Human capital and earnings of female immigrants to Australia, Canada, and the United States / Heather Antecol, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, and Stephen J. Trejo -- 13. Institutions, ethnic leaders, and the political incorporation of immigrants : a comparison of Canada and the United States / Irene Bloemraad -- 14. Immigration and housing shortage in Los Angeles, 1970-2000 / Ivan Light -- pt. IV. International boundaries and globalization -- 15. Transnational communities : a new form of social relations under conditions of globalization? / Stephen Castles -- 16. Mexican workers and U.S. agriculture : the revolving door / Philip Martin -- 17. Triangular human capital flows : empirical evidence from Hong Kong and Canada / Don J. DeVoretz, John Ma, and Kenny Zhang -- pt. V. Host societies in the old and new immigration -- 18. Institutional change and immigrant assimilation in the United States / Victor Nee -- 19. To farms or cities : a historical tension between Canada and its immigrants / Harold Troper.