New spaces in Accra: Transnational houses

City and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-86

  Pellow, Deborah ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ghana; Housing; Transmigration

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; HOUSING; METROPOLITAN AREA; MIGRATION; URBAN AREA;

ACCRA; GHANA;

EID: 0141751666     PISSN: 08930465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/city.2003.15.1.59     Document Type: Article

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