Documenting Transnational Migration: Jordanian Men Working and Studying in Europe, Asia and North America

by Richard T. Antoun

Book Overview

Most studies on transnational migration either stress assimilation, circulatory migration, or the negative impact of migration. This remarkable study, which covers migrants from one Jordanian village to 17 different countries in Europe, Asia, and North America, emphasizes the resiliency of transnational migrants after long periods of absence, social encapsulation, and stress, and their ability to construct social networks and reinterpret traditions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845456491
• ISBN13: 9781845456498
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"