Religious placemaking and community building in diaspora

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-337

  Mazumdar, Shampa ^a   Mazumdar, Sanjoy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Placemaking; Religion; Temple building

Indexed keywords

DIASPORA; IMMIGRANT; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; RELIGION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64549137214     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916508320459     Document Type: Article

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