Rethinking geographies of assimilation

Professional Geographer

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 400-407

  Nagel, Caroline R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Immigration; Sameness; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; IMMIGRATION;

EID: 70149092521     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330120902941753     Document Type: Article

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