Peruvians Dispersed

Karsten Paerregaard is a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and associate professor of anthropology at the University of Copenhagen.

• Part 1 IntroductionChapter 2 The Extended FieldPart 3 Flows and ContextsChapter 4 Coming and GoingChapter 5 Strangers at the GatePart 6 Networks and ProcessesChapter 7 The Cat and the MouseChapter 8 Tying the UntiedChapter 9 Global SecretsPart 10 Categories and TrajectoriesChapter 11 Home, Bittersweet HomeChapter 12 Tales from the ShadowPart 13 ConclusionChapter 14 Between Hope and Despair

This important book examines transnational migration from Peru to four of the main receiver nations of Peruvian immigrants. . . . The book's strength lies in the many interviews and case histories that Paerregaard has constructed. The interviews range widely across the immigrant landscape, gender, and class. As such they provide the msot careful study of Peruvians abroad yet written. . . . Paerregaard's research is first rate; he structures his discussion clearly, and he understands well the need for placing this book in a proper historical context.