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Asian Migrants in Europe [Elektronische Ressource] : Transcultural Connections

Hahn, Sylvia,i1957- ; Nadel, Stanley,i1944-

Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2014

174 p.

Transkulturelle Perspektiven ; v.12

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978-3-8471-0254-0

LB 56005 LB 56330

 

f Aufsatzsammlung  Europa  Asien  Einwanderung  f Online-Publikation  Geschichte 

 

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978-3-8470-0254-3

This volume explores the renewal of Asian migration to Europe that began in the late 18th century while still in the frame of the colonial regime. It counters the construction of an »unchanging East« versus a »dynamic West« developed in the 19th century; of static, rooted populations versus adventurous young men seeking opportunities afar (the producers of this cliché overlooked migrating women). These essays provide analyses of some of the migrants from the different societies of Asia in Europe. They focus on migrants from East and South Asia and explore their different experiences in Europe ...