Ethnicity, families and social capital: Caring relationships across Italian and Caribbean transnational families

International Review of Sociology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 257-277

  Zontini, Elisabetta ^a   Reynolds, Tracey ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34250186412     PISSN: 03906701     EISSN: 14699273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03906700701357042     Document Type: Article

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