"...provides a wealth of descriptive detail, which can be only sampled here...this is a fine study, a model for further historical and political treatments of a subject that Sassen has done much to refresh." John Walton, University of California, Davis, in the American Journal of Sociology

"In a major contribution, Sassen uses a detailed case study of US economic evolution, 1960-85, to illustrate the integral links between investment flows, both foreign and domestic, and the influx of migrant labor. Reorganization of the world economy, like export investment zones, draws migrants; California and New York-New Jersey are particular foci of investments in manufacturing and financial services. Political pressures grow both in regions now starved for capital and in those where migrant and local labor must compete. The richest recent case study thus supports arguments of other collections noted here." World Development

"This book enriches our knowledge and understanding of the complex issues of the migration of capital and labor in an economic environment dominated by multinational business. In an incisive analysis Sassen offers a fresh and convincing perspective on the inter-relationship of capital mobility and labor mobility in a world increasingly dominated by the global division of labor." Laurie Clements, Labor Studies Journal