The interrupted circle: Truncated transnationalism and the Salvadoran experience

Journal of Latin American Geography

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 74-86

  Miyares, Ines M ^a   Wright, Richard ^b   Mountz, Alison ^c   Bailey, Adrian J ^d   Jonak, Jennifer ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; NATIONAL IDENTITY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; EL SALVADOR; NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644257708     PISSN: 15452476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lag.2004.0009     Document Type: Article

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