Through thick and thin: Layers of social ties and urban settlement among Thai migrants

American Sociological Review

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 779-800

  Korinek, Kim ^a   Entwisle, Barbara ^b   Jampaklay, Aree ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 30444432747     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240507000503     Document Type: Article

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