Migration in Comparative Perspective - Caribbean Communities in Britain and France

Informationen zum Autor Stéphanie Condon is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Demographic Studies! Paris! France.Margaret Byron is Lecturer in Geography at Kings College London! UK. Klappentext Presents a different perspective on post-war Caribbean migration to Britain and France. This book examines trends in migration patterns! household and family structures! social fields! employment and housing trajectories. Zusammenfassung This book presents a comparative perspective on post-war Caribbean migration to Britain and France. This systematic comparison has an innovative focus on gender and life-course. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introductory Chapter 2. Contextualising Migrant Flows: Socio-Economic! Political and Legal Backgrounds of Two Colonial Migrations 3. Working Lives Across Generations 4. Housing and Residential Strategies 5. Caribbean Families as Anchors and Adaptors 6. Transatlantic Lives! Transatlantic Social Fields: Circulation and Return to the Caribbean. Concluding Thoughts

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• Authors: Margaret Byron, Margaret (University of Leicester Byron, Margaret (University of Leicester) Condon Byron, Margaret Condon Byron, BYRON MARGARET CONDON STEPHANIE, Stephanie Condon, Stéphanie Condon
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.12.2007
• EAN: 9780415310451
• ISBN: 978-0-415-31045-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Routledge Research in Population and Migration; Routledge Research in Population and Migration
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, International Relations, Human Geography, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples