Towards a theoretical ethnography of migration

Qualitative Sociology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-24

  Fitzgerald, David ^a  

^a à San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Extended case method; Immigration; Multi sited fieldwork; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645751480     PISSN: 01620436     EISSN: 15737837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11133-005-9005-6     Document Type: Review

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