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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463450903321

Titolo

Ties to the homeland [[electronic resource] ] : second generation transnationalism / / edited by Helen Lee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle, UK, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008

ISBN

1-4438-1021-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LeeHelen Morton <1960->

Disciplina

305.9/06912

Soggetti

Transnationalism

Children of immigrants

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES AND IMAGES; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

Ties to the Homeland examines the connections maintained across national borders by the children of migrants, the "second generation." In the context of globalisation and increasing population mobility, migrants' transnational ties have become an important topic of research, yet until recently we have heard little about the reproduction of such ties in the second generation. The transnational engagements of migrants' children are crucial for understanding future trends in the global movement ...