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Migrants or expatriates? : Americans in Europe /

"While overseas Americans are often seen as short-term corporate transferees or backpackers, there are also many Americans - estimates range from 2 to 7 million - living overseas. This book explores the case of longer-term overseas Americans - migrants - in France, Germany and the UK. What has...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Klekowski von Koppenfels, Amanda (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Colección:Migration, diasporas and citizenship.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"While overseas Americans are often seen as short-term corporate transferees or backpackers, there are also many Americans - estimates range from 2 to 7 million - living overseas. This book explores the case of longer-term overseas Americans - migrants - in France, Germany and the UK. What has led them to leave the United States? How does their integration in Europe proceed? This book explores both of these questions in depth, while also examining the case of American political engagement in the United States. The book draws on almost 900 survey responses and over 100 in-depth interviews carried out in Berlin, Paris and London"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 330 pages).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-317) and index.
ISBN:9781137316301
1137316306
1349334065
9781349334063