Land, ethnic, and gender change: Transnational migration and its effects on Guatemalan lives and landscapes

Geoforum

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-61

  Taylor, Matthew J ^a   Moran Taylor, Michelle J ^a   Rodman Ruiz, Debra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b RANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Economic remittances; Ethnicity; Gender; Guatemala; International migration; Social remittances

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; GENDER RELATIONS; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 30344459156     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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