Losing Place: Refugee Populations and Rural Transformations in East Africa

Author:   Johnathan Bascom
Publisher:   Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Edition:   illustrated edition
Volume:   3
ISBN:  

9781571810830


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   18 February 1999
Format:   Hardback
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Losing Place: Refugee Populations and Rural Transformations in East Africa


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Describing the process of social transformat ion during the full circle of flight, resettlement and the r eturn home, this book probes the economic force and social p rocesses responsible for shaping the lives of refugees as th ey move through exile. '

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Author:   Johnathan Bascom
Publisher:   Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Imprint:   Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Edition:   illustrated edition
Volume:   3
Weight:   0.417kg
ISBN:  

9781571810830


ISBN 10:   1571810838
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   18 February 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Maps, Figures, and Tables Preface Abbreviations Acknowledgements Credits Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Refugees and Rural Transformations Chapter 3. Migration and Agrarian Change on the Border Lands Chapter 4. Integration and the Cultivation of a Hard Life Chapter 5. Resettlement and Positions of Poverty Chapter 6. Exile and the Perils of Pastoralism Chapter 7. Asylum and the Making of Home Terrain Chapter 8. Repatriation and the Search for Home Chapter 9. Concluding Reflections Bibliography Appendices Index

Reviews

Very useful, both for its analysis and for its historical detail. * International Migration Review A very good piece of work ... a major contribution to understanding the impact of new economic environments upon the economic and social survival of refugees... * Elizabeth Colson, University of California, Berkeley [Bascom's] work is of the highest quality, representing an exemplary geographical approach to a phenomenon and its associated problems. * W.T.S. Gould, Graduate School of Population Studies, University of Liverpool Dr. Bascom is an outstanding scholar whose research is on the cutting edge of integrating population, economic, regional, cultural, agricultural, and political geographies. * William B.Wood, Director, Office of the Geographer and Global Issues


Very useful, both for its analysis and for its historical detail. * International Migration Review A very good piece of work ... a major contribution to understanding the impact of new economic environments upon the economic and social survival of refugees ... * Elizabeth Colson, University of California, Berkeley [Bascom's] work is of the highest quality, representing an exemplary geographical approach to a phenomenon and its associated problems. * W.T.S. Gould, Graduate School of Population Studies, University of Liverpool Dr. Bascom is an outstanding scholar whose research is on the cutting edge of integrating population, economic, regional, cultural, agricultural, and political geographies. * William B.Wood, Director, Office of the Geographer and Global Issues


Author Information

Johnathan Bascom is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at East Carolina University.

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