National identities on the move: Transylvanian Hungarian labour migrants in Hungary

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 449-466

  Fox, Jon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Europe; Ethnicity; Labour migration; National identity; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; LABOR MIGRATION; NATIONAL IDENTITY;

HUNGARY;

EID: 0141837871     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691830305612     Document Type: Article

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