The Nonchalant Migrants: Americans Living North of the 49th Parallel

Journal of International Migration and Integration

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-131

  Croucher, Sheila ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Migration; North America; Privilege; Transnationalism; US Expatriates

Indexed keywords

IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; OTTAWA; TORONTO; VANCOUVER;

EID: 79955533790     PISSN: 14883473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12134-011-0179-3     Document Type: Article

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