The lure of the capital city: An anthro-geographical analysis of recent African immigration to Washington, DC

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 433-448

  Wilson, Jill H ^a   Habecker, Shelly ^a  

^a BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

African immigrants; Biographical approach; Ethnography; Metropolitan areas; Race; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AFRICAN IMMIGRANT; CAPITAL CITY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; IMMIGRATION; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; NATIONALISM; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION;

AFRICA; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

EID: 57849136465     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.496     Document Type: Article

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