Immigrant kinship networks: Vietnamese, Salvadoreans and Mexicans in comparative perspective

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-25

  Menjivar, Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMMIGRANT; REFUGEE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0030787823     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.28.1.1     Document Type: Review

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