The essays gathered here discuss theoretical and policy issues and themes such as the political and economic context of migration, job competition, labor organizing, changing ethnic and "race" relations, immigrant women in the economy and contemporary immigration politics and contribute to our understanding of the historical and contemporary dimensions of Asian and Latino migration in a changing global economy.

Darrell Y. Hamamoto is Associate Professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Davis. Rodolfo D. Torres is Professor of Comparative Latino Studies and Public Policy at California State University, Long Beach.

Acknowledgements; General Introduction; Part 1: Immigration and Migration: A Conceptual Map; Introduction; 1. Origins and Destinies: Immigration to the United States Since World War II; 2. Theoretical Approaches to Mexican Wage Labor Migration; 3. United States Policy Towards Asian Immigrants: Contemporary Developments in Historical Perspective; 4. Central American Migration: A Framework for Analysis; Part 2: Immigrants In A Changing Economy; Introduction; 5. Gender, Class, Family, and Migration: Puerto Rican Women in Chicago; 6. Cubans and the Changing Economy of Miami; 7. Scientists and Engineers; 7. Chinese Staff and Workers' Association: A Model for Organizing in the Changing Economy? Part 3: Borders and Beyond: Racialized Relations, Ethnicity, and Social Identity Introduction; 9. Panethnicity in the United States: A Theoretical Framework; 10. Divided Fates: Immigrant Children in a Restructured U.S. Economy; 11. Social Identities--A Framework for Studying the Adaptation of Immigrants and Ethnics; 12. Racialized Boundaries, Class Relations, and Cultural Politics Part 4: Politics, Policy,and Community; 13. Compatriots or Competitors? Job Competition Between Foreign- and U.S. Born Angelenos; 14. Immigration Policy; 15. Proposition 187 in California; 16. Recrafting the Common Good; Selected Bibliography on Asian and Latino Immigration; Contributors