Transnational social fields and imperialism: Bringing a theory of power to transnational studies

Anthropological Theory

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 439-461

  Schiller, Nina Glick ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Imperialism; Long distance nationalism; Migrants; Power; Religion; Transnational social fields; Transnational Studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750130390     PISSN: 14634996     EISSN: 17412641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1463499605059231     Document Type: Article

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