Citizenship, identity and transnational migration: Arab immigrants to the United States

Space and Polity

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-23

  Nagel, Caroline R ^a   Staeheli, Lynn A ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; CULTURAL IDENTITY; GLOBALIZATION; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; STATE ROLE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442708760     PISSN: 13562576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562570410001678860     Document Type: Article

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