Moving or staying for the best part of life: Theory and evidence for the role of subsistence in migration and well-being of Arctic Inupiat residents

Polar Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 3-16

  Berman, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; CULTURAL IDENTITY; ETHNIC GROUP; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INTERNAL MIGRATION; JOB SEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL THEORY; SUBSISTENCE; WAGE DETERMINATION;

ARCTIC;

EID: 70350133664     PISSN: 1088937X     EISSN: 19390513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10889370903000356     Document Type: Article

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