Methodological nationalism, the social sciences, and the study of migration: An essay in historical epistemology

International Migration Review

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 576-610

  Wimmer, Andreas ^a   Glick Schiller, Nina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION; NATIONALISM; SOCIAL THEORY;

EID: 0344272248     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2003.tb00151.x     Document Type: Article

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