The Work of Strangers: A Survey of International Labour Migration by Peter Stalker.

As recently as the late 1980s, the migration of workers across international boundaries was a relatively minor phenomenon. Today however, the migration of workers across such boundaries as well as intercontinental movement is one of the most striking geographical aspects of the globalization of the world economy. The global landscape has developed some remarkable new economic and political features in recent years. As noted by the author-from Eastern Europe, to the Pacific Rim, to the United States-Mexican border-a reshaping of territories and alliances along with shifts of economic power have been redirecting many international flows of money, goods and most importantly to geographers, people. Economics of well over 100 countries, developed and developing, have been impacted in some way. This book examines the numerous migration characteristics and the social and economic causes and impacts which have occurred in the host and originating countries.