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Documenting Transnational Migration : Jordanian Men Working and Studying in Europe, Asia and North America /
Most studies on transnational migration either stress assimilation, circulatory migration, or the negative impact of migration. This remarkable study, which covers migrants from one Jordanian village to 17 different countries in Europe, Asia, and North America, emphasizes the resiliency of transnati...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York; Oxford :
Berghahn Books,
[2005]
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| Colección: | New Directions in Anthropology ;
25 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Key to Transliteration of Arabic Letters and Symbols
- Tables, Chart, Map, Diagram
- Preface
- Introduction: Transnational Migration, the Themes Pursued in its Analysis, and the Jordanian Background of the Case Study
- 1. The Army as an Extension of Society and a Vehicle for Multicultural Exposure and Attitudinal Change
- 2. The Jordanian Diaspora in Arabia: Instrumental Circulatory Migration, Cultural Diversity, and Ethnic Stratification
- 3. Two Sojourners Abroad: Migration for Higher Education to England and Germany
- 4. Migrants to Greece: Living in the World, Integration, and Maintaining Ethnic Identity
- 5. The Quest for Education in Pakistan: The Variety of Experience in a Global Society
- 6. Longer Stay, Faster Change, Ruder Shock: Migrants to the United States, Coping with Mobility, Reinterpreting Tradition, and Evolving Identities
- 7. Fathers, Sons, Brothers, and the Village Community: Affirmation of the Moral Society in the Shadow of its Decline
- 8. Comparisons and Reflections on the Global Society
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX