Unique isolation versus networks of opportunity: The competing discourses of Tasmania

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 371-385

  Easthope, Hazel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Isolation; Networks; Place construction; Return migration

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ISOLATION EFFECT; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; POWER RELATIONS; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RETURN MIGRATION; SENSE OF PLACE; SOCIAL NETWORK;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 72549101750     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0467.2009.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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