The trap of abstract space: Recomposing Russian-speaking immigrants in post-Soviet Estonia

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 311-342

  Feldman, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immigrants; Policy; Space; State; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 45149111101     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/anq.0.0006     Document Type: Review

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