The making of a transnational community : migration, development, and cultural change in the Dominican Republic /

The making of a transnational community : migration, development, and cultural change in the Dominican Republic /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Georges, Eugenia
Imprint:	New York : Columbia University Press, c1990.
Description:	xi, 270 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Dominicans (Dominican Republic) -- United States -- Case studies. Working class -- Dominican Republic -- Case studies. Dominicans (Dominican Republic) Emigration and immigration. Manners and customs. Rural conditions. Working class. Dominican Republic -- Emigration and immigration -- Case studies. United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Case studies. Dominican Republic -- Social life and customs -- Case studies. Dominican Republic -- Rural conditions -- Case studies. Dominican Republic. United States. Case studies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1023729

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ISBN:	0231070969
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.

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Summary:	This book is a thorough piece of work, based upon solid field research. It is a detailed analysis of the effects of political and economic change on Los Pinos, a rural community in the Dominican Republic. It examines the causes and consequences of international labor migration and the responses of the population of Los Pinos and its surrounding communities to the new opportunities and conditions of migration.
Physical Description:	xi, 270 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	0231070969