Creating options: Forming a marshallese community in orange county, California

Contemporary Pacific

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 89-121

  Hess, Jim ^a   Nero, Karen L ^a   Burton, Michael L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Community formation; Exchange relationships; Family relationships; Marshall Islanders; Migrant communities; Migration decisions; Orange County

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035632993     PISSN: 1043898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/cp.2001.0012     Document Type: Article

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