The legacy of transnational lives: Beyond the first generation of Lebanese in Senegal

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 663-686

  Leichtman, Mara A ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonialism; Lebanon; Religion; Second generation; Senegal; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT POPULATION; NATIONAL IDENTITY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 20444452502     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13569320500092794     Document Type: Review

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