Gulf Migration and the Family

Journal of Arabian Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-25

  Gardner, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabian Peninsula; Bahrain; GCC; Gulf; Kuwait; laborers; migration; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; South Asia; UAE; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855479085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21534780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21534764.2011.576043     Document Type: Article

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