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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826959603321

Autore

Van Hear Nicholas

Titolo

New diasporas : the mass exodus, dispersal and regrouping of migrant communities / / Nicholas Van Hear

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, Wash., : UCL Press, 1998

ISBN

1-135-35932-6

1-135-35933-4

1-280-13815-7

9786610138159

0-203-98448-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 p.)

Collana

Global diasporas

Disciplina

325/.09/04

Soggetti

Emigration and immigration - History - 20th century

Population geography - History - 20th century

Refugees - History - 20th century

World politics - 1945-1989

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 (p. 265-283) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Preface; ONE Introduction; TWO Migration crises and the making of diasporas; THREE Migration crises in Africa, the Middle East and Asia; FOUR Migration crises in Europe, Central America and the Caribbean; FIVE Consequences of migration crises; SIX Diasporas made and diasporas unmade; SEVEN Migrants and hosts, transnationals and stayers; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

This introductory and comparative study will develop the theoretical concept of a diaspora and investigate the formation and reformation of diasporic groups in relation to issues of socio-economic development, human rights and the nation state.