Unpacking longings to return: Guatemalans and Salvadorans in Phoenix, Arizona

International Migration

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 91-121

  Moran Taylor, Michelle ^a   Menjívar, Cecilia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; POPULATION MIGRATION; RETURN MIGRATION;

ARIZONA; CENTRAL AMERICA; EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28244476882     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2005.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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