The Making of a Transnational Community: Migration, Development, and Cultural Change in the Dominican Republic

by Elaine Georges and Eugenia Georges

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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.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0231070969

ISBN13:9780231070966

Release Date:August 1990

Publisher:Columbia University Press

Length:270 Pages

Weight:1.24 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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