The transnational villagers /

Contrary to popular opinion, increasing numbers of migrants continue to participate in the political, social, and economic lives of their countries of origin even as they put down roots in the United States. The Transnational Villagers offers a detailed, compelling account of how ordinary people kee...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Levitt, Peggy, 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001.
Subjects:
Dominicans (Dominican Republic) > Massachusetts > Boston.
Globalization.
Transnationalism.
Emigrant remittances > Dominican Republic > Miraflores.
Dominicains (Peuple) > Massachusetts > Boston.
Mondialisation.
Transnationalisme.
Envois de fonds des émigrants > République dominicaine > Miraflores.
globalism.
NON-CLASSIFIABLE.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
Dominicans (Dominican Republic)
Emigrant remittances
Emigration and immigration
Globalization
Transnationalism
Auswanderung
Einwanderung
Etnische groepen.
Immigranten.
Émigration et immigration > République dominicaine.
Dominicains (République dominicaine) > Émigration et immigration.
Envois de fonds > République dominicaine.
Miraflores (Dominican Republic) > Emigration and immigration.
Boston (Mass.) > Emigration and immigration.
Miraflores (République dominicaine) > Émigration et immigration.
Boston (Mass.) > Émigration et immigration.
Dominican Republic > Miraflores
Massachusetts > Boston
Boston, Mass.
République dominicaine > Emigration et immigration.
Miraflores (Dominikanische Republik)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Historical Context
  • Social Remittances: How Global Culture Is Created Locally
  • Reshaping the Stages of the Life Cycle
  • Making Values from Two Worlds Fit
  • When Domestic Polities Becomes Transnational
  • "God Is Everywhere": Religious Life across Borders
  • Transnationalizing Community Development.

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