Roots and routes: Understanding the lives of the second generation transnationally

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1225-1242

  Levitt, Peggy ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Globalisation; Immigration; Second generation; Transnationalism; Values

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; ETHNICITY; GLOBALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; IMMIGRATION; NATIONALISM; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIAL NETWORK; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 70449509338     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691830903006309     Document Type: Article

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