Workers, migrants, aliens or citizens? State constructions and discourses of identity among post-war European labour migrants in Britain

Political Geography

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 863-886

  McDowell, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; Diaspora; EVWS (European Volunteer Workers); Identity; Latvia

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; POST-WAR; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0344961162     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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