Abstract

In this intriguing book, Lopez urges us to rethink migration, remittances and space with a focus on Mexicans. She has based her discussion on an extensive research investigating investments in buildings (or dream houses) by migrants and followed their tracks to rural Mexico. Like in many other migrant source countries, Turkey, Pakistan, Morocco, Greece and elsewhere, migrants invest in building houses in their towns and villages of origin. These houses common in both rural and urban landscapes of all migrant sending countries. Lopez examines what she calls “the remittance landscape”. In line with our work with Jeff Cohen1 , Lopez’s approach in a way links movers and nonmovers over the space they create together