Combining history, autobiography, and ethnography, "Georges Woke Up Laughing" provides a portrait of the Haitian experience of migration to the United States that illuminates the phenomenon of long-distance nationalism, the voicelessness of certain citizens, and the impotency of government in an increasingly globalized world. By presenting lively ruminations on his life as a Haitian immigrant, Georges Eugene Fouron along with Nina Glick Schiller, whose own family history stems from Poland and Russia captures the daily struggles for survival that bind together those who emigrate and those who...

Combining history, autobiography, and ethnography, "Georges Woke Up Laughing" provides a portrait of the Haitian experience of migration to the United States that illuminates the phenomenon of long-distance nationalism, the voicelessness of certain citizens, and the impotency of government in an increasingly globalized world. By presenting lively ruminations on his life as a Haitian immigrant, Georges Eugene Fouron--along with Nina Glick Schiller, whose own family history stems from Poland and Russia--captures the daily struggles for survival that bind together those who emigrate and those...