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Return to sender : the moral economy of Peru's migrant remittances /

'Return to Sender' is an anthropological account of how Peruvian emigrants raise and remit money and what that activity means for themselves and for their home communities. The book draws on first-hand ethnographic data from North and South America, Europe, and Japan to describe how Peruvi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Paerregaard, Karsten (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Berkeley : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; University of California Press, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:'Return to Sender' is an anthropological account of how Peruvian emigrants raise and remit money and what that activity means for themselves and for their home communities. The book draws on first-hand ethnographic data from North and South America, Europe, and Japan to describe how Peruvians remit to relatives at home, collectively raise money to organise development projects in their regions of origin, and invest savings in business and other activities.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520960459
0520960459
1322505721
9781322505725
0520284739
9780520284739