The Mobility of Labor and Capital: A Study in International Investment and Labor Flow

By Saskia Sassen

Book Overview

In this empirical study, Saskia Sassen offers a fresh understanding of the processes of international migration. Focusing on immigration into the US from 1960 to 1985 and the part played by American economic activities abroad, as well as foreign investment in the US, she examines the various ways in which the internationalization of production contributes to the formation and direction of labor migration.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521386721
• ISBN13: 9780521386722
• Release Date: June 1990
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"