Migrants encounter migrants in the city: The changing context of 'home' for second-generation Greek-American return migrants

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 816-835

  Christou, Anastasia ^a   King, Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; RETURN MIGRATION;

ATHENS COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845330565     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2006.00697.x     Document Type: Article

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