Migrant Conversions: Transforming Connections between Peru and South Korea

"Peruvian migrant workers began arriving in South Korea in large numbers in the mid-1990s, eventually becoming one of the largest groups of non-Asians in the country. Migrant Conversions shows how despite facing unstable income and legal exclusion, migrants have come to see Korea as an ideal de...

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Main Author: Vogel, Erica (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Oakland University of Californiarnia Press 2020
In:Year: 2020
Further subjects:B Black & Asian studies
B Anthropology
B Religion: general
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)

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