The temporal and social embeddedness of migration: A methodological exploration using biographical analysis

Geography Research Forum

Volumn 23, Issue , 2003, Pages 4-29

  Findlay, A M ^a   Stockdale, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biographical methods; Childhood; Embeddedness; Internal migration; Rural; Rural space; Scotland

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL MIGRATION; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION DETERMINANT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0842349297     PISSN: 03335275     EISSN: 24148725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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