Migration, material culture and tragedy: Four moments in Caribbean migration

Mobilities

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 397-413

  Miller, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Homes; Material culture; Migration; Possessions; Tragedy

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MATERIAL CULTURE; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 54049131215     PISSN: 17450101     EISSN: 1745011X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450100802376712     Document Type: Article

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