Migrant integration in China: Evidence from Guangzhou

Rural Migrants in Urban China: Enclaves and Transient Urbanism

Volumn 9780203796597, Issue , 2013, Pages 99-120

  Wissink, Bart ^a   Hazelzet, Arjan ^b   Breitung, Werner ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

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EID: 84904386125     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203796597     Document Type: Chapter

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