Dubai camel market transnational workers: An ethnographic portrait

City and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-118

  Khalaf, Sulayman N ^a  

^a Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Camel market; Dubai; Globalization; Migrant workers

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; GLOBALIZATION; KINSHIP; LABOR MARKET; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

DUBAI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 77953179828     PISSN: 08930465     EISSN: 1548744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-744X.2010.01032.x     Document Type: Article

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