Losing Place: Refugee Populations and Rural Transformations in East Africa

by Johnathan Bascom

Book Overview

Refugee flight, settlement, and repatriation are not static, self-contained, or singular events. Instead, they are three stages of an ongoing process made and mirrored in the lives of real people. For that reason, there is an evident need for historical and longitudinal studies of refugee populations that rise above description and trace the process of social transformation during the "full circle" of flight resettlement, and return home. This...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571818308
• ISBN13: 9781571818300
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"