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UNINA9910464883603321 |
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Kuortti Joel |
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Writing imagined diasporas [[electronic resource] ] : South Asian women reshaping North American identity / / by Joel Kuortti |
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Newcastle, UK, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., c2007 |
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1-282-41347-3 |
9786612413476 |
1-4438-1017-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (203 p.) |
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Ethnicity in literature |
American literature - Women authors - History and criticism |
Women in literature |
American literature - South Asian American authors - History and criticism |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-190) and index. |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; PART II; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF NAMES |
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Joel Kuortti's Writing Imagined Diasporas: South Asian Women Reshaping North American Identity is a study of diasporic South Asian women writers. It argues that the diasporic South Asians are not merely assimilating to their host cultures but they are also actively reshaping them through their own, new voices bringing new definitions of identity. As diaspora does not emerge as a mere sociological fact but it becomes what it is because it is said to be what it is, the writings of imagined dias... |
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UNINA9910787316603321 |
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Dana Leo Paul |
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When economies change hands [[electronic resource] ] : a survey of entrepreneurship in the emerging markets of Europe from the Balkans to the Baltic states / / Leo Paul Dana |
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New York ; ; Oxfordshire, England, : Routledge, 2011, c2005 |
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New York ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Routledge, , 2011, c2005 |
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0-203-04901-2 |
1-136-40224-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (381 p.) |
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Privatization - Europe, Eastern |
Entrepreneurship - Europe, Eastern |
Europe, Eastern Economic policy 1989- Case studies |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; When Economies Change Hands: A Survey of Entrepreneurship in the Emerging Markets of Europe from the Balkans to the Baltic States; Copyright; CONTENTS; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; THE CONTEXT FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP; METHODOLOGY; THE FORMAL ECONOMY: THE FIRM-TYPE SECTOR AND THE BAZAAR; THE PARALLEL ECONOMY: INFORMAL, INTERNAL, AND COVERT; Chapter 2 Land of the Perseritje Model; THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA; Chapter 3 The Former Yugoslav Republics; PLURALISM AND THE YUGOPLURALIST MODEL; AN INTRODUCTION TO YUGOSLAVIA; THE FEDERATION OF BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA |
THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIATHE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA (FYROM); THE STATE UNION OF SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO; THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA; Chapter 4 The East Bloc of COMECON; THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA; THE CZECH REPUBLIC; THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (EAST GERMANY); THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY; THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND; THE REPUBLIC OF ROMANIA; THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC (SLOVAKIA); Chapter 5 The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS); THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS |
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AND PERESTROIKA; THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS (WHITE RUSSIA); THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA; THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
THE UKRAINE (LITTLE RUSSIA)Chapter 6 The Baltic States; THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA; THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA; THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA; Chapter 7 Toward the Future; IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICYMAKERS; IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATORS; IMPLICATIONS FOR WESTERN MANAGERS AND INVESTORS; TOWARD FUTURE RESEARCH; TOWARD THE FUTURE; Notes; References; Index |
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Gain a comprehensive understanding of the development of entrepreneurship across Eastern Europe Throughout Eastern Europe, post-Communist countries transitioning to market-based economies are obtaining a variety of results due to diverse policy approaches. When Economies Change Hands evaluates the nature of entrepreneurship in this region, the consequences of central planning, the reasons for internal subsistence activity, and the emergence of the sex trade in Eastern Europe. The wealth of information in this resource is clearly presented and includes thought-provoking policy presc |
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UNINA9910788987903321 |
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Autore |
Kuortti Joel |
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Titolo |
Writing imagined diasporas [[electronic resource] ] : South Asian women reshaping North American identity / / by Joel Kuortti |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Newcastle, UK, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., c2007 |
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Newcastle : , : Cambridge Scholars Pub., , 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-41347-3 |
9786612413476 |
1-4438-1017-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (203 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ethnicity in literature |
American literature - Women authors - History and criticism |
Women in literature |
American literature - South Asian American authors - History and criticism |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-190) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; PART II; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF NAMES |
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Joel Kuortti's Writing Imagined Diasporas: South Asian Women Reshaping North American Identity is a study of diasporic South Asian women writers. It argues that the diasporic South Asians are not merely assimilating to their host cultures but they are also actively reshaping them through their own, new voices bringing new definitions of identity. As diaspora does not emerge as a mere sociological fact but it becomes what it is because it is said to be what it is, the writings of imagined dias... |
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