Binational social networks and assimilation: A test of the importance of transnationalism

Social Problems

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 329-359

  Mouw, Ted ^a   Chavez, Sergio ^b   Edelblute, Heather ^a   Verdery, Ashton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation and incorporation of immigrants; Collecting data on immigration; Immigration; Social networks; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904871849     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2014.12192     Document Type: Article

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