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A century of transnationalism : immigrants and their homeland connections / / edited by Nancy L. Green and Roger Waldinger |
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Urbana, Chicago, Springfield, [Illinois] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Studies of World Migrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Transnationalism - History - 20th century |
Emigration and immigration - Social aspects |
Immigrants - Cultural assimilation |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The "return politics" of a sending country : the Italian case, 1880s-1914 / Caroline Douki -- Portuguese migrants and Portugal : elite discourse and transnational practices / Victor Pereira -- Japanese Brazilians (1908-2013) : transnationalism amid violence, social mobility, and crisis / Mônica Raisa Schpun -- 150 years of transborder politics : Mexico and Mexicans abroad / David FitzGerald -- Transnationalism and the emergence of the modern Chinese state : national rejuvenation and the ascendance of foreign-educated elites (liuxuesheng) / Madeline Y. Hsu -- Transnationalism, states' influence, and the political mobilizations of the Arab minority in Canada / Houda Asal -- Toward a history of American Jews and the Russian revolutionary movement / Tony Michels -- Periodizing Indian organizational transnationalism in the United Kingdom / Thomas Lacroix -- Transnationalism and migration in the colonial and postcolonial context : emigrants from the Souf area (Algeria) to Nanterre (France) (1950-2000) / Marie-Claude Blanc-Chaleard. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The burgeoning literature on immigrant transnationalism is one of the academic success stories of our times. Yet having reminded scholars that migrants, in leaving home for a new life abroad, inevitably tie place of origin and destination together, scholars of transnationalism have |
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also insisted that today's cross-border connections are unprecedented. This collection of articles by sociologically minded historians and historically minded sociologists highlights both the long-term persistence and the continuing instability of home country connections. |
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