The Invisible Cage - Syrian Migrant Workers in Lebanon

Zusatztext " The Invisible Cage lucidly deconstructs simple arguments about migration, showing how hegemony operates in a menial labor regime heavily dependent on migrant labor. This book is strong and to the point, and it covers material no other work does." Informationen zum Autor John Chalcraft is Lecturer in the History and Politics of Empire and Imperialism at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author of The Striking Cabbies of Cairo and Other Stories: Crafts and Guilds in Egypt, 1863-1914 (2004). Klappentext Uncovers the hidden history of Syrian migrant workers in Lebanon, from independence to the present, to break new ground in Middle East Studies and challenge existing ways of thinking about migration. Zusammenfassung Uncovers the hidden history of Syrian migrant workers in Lebanon, from independence to the present, to break new ground in Middle East Studies and challenge existing ways of thinking about migration.

Product details

• Authors: John Chalcraft
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2008
• EAN: 9780804758260
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-5826-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 225 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures; Stanford Studies in Middle Eas
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education