Small-scale transnationalism: Homeland connections and the Polish 'community' in Leicester

International Journal of Population Geography

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 323-335

  Burrell, Kathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communications; Diaspora; Migration; Poland; Territory; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

DIASPORA; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; NATIONAL IDENTITY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0041423768     PISSN: 10773495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijpg.290     Document Type: Article

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