'Any author aspiring to say something new on the subject of migration faces great competition. Classic studies by Max Weber and W. I. Thomas have plowed this furrow. Social scientists from around the world have had a go at it … In this short and densely written volume, Saskia Sassen succeeds at the all important challenge: she develops a new idea.' American Journal of Sociology

• List of tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Foreign investment: a neglected variable; 2. The use of foreign workers; 3. The new immigration; 4. The globalization of production: implications for labor migration; 5. The rise of global cities and the new labor demand; 6. The reconcentration of capital in the United States: a new investment zone?; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index.

'Any author aspiring to say something new on the subject of migration faces great competition. Classic studies by Max Weber and W. I. Thomas have plowed this furrow. Social scientists from around the world have had a go at it … In this short and densely written volume, Saskia Sassen succeeds at the all important challenge: she develops a new idea.' American Journal of Sociology

• List of tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Foreign investment: a neglected variable; 2. The use of foreign workers; 3. The new immigration; 4. The globalization of production: implications for labor migration; 5. The rise of global cities and the new labor demand; 6. The reconcentration of capital in the United States: a new investment zone?; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index.

'Any author aspiring to say something new on the subject of migration faces great competition. Classic studies by Max Weber and W. I. Thomas have plowed this furrow. Social scientists from around the world have had a go at it … In this short and densely written volume, Saskia Sassen succeeds at the all important challenge: she develops a new idea.' American Journal of Sociology

• List of tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Foreign investment: a neglected variable; 2. The use of foreign workers; 3. The new immigration; 4. The globalization of production: implications for labor migration; 5. The rise of global cities and the new labor demand; 6. The reconcentration of capital in the United States: a new investment zone?; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index.