Communication flows and the durability of a transnational social field

Social Networks

Volumn 53, Issue , 2018, Pages 57-71

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

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication flows; Migrant networks; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014672363     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2017.03.002     Document Type: Article

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