Losing Place: Refugee Populations and Rural Transformations in East Africa

By Johnathan Bascom

Book Overview

Refugee flight, settlement, and repatriation are not static, self-contained, or singular events. Instead, they are three stages of an ongoing process made and mirrored in the lives of real people. For that reason, there is an evident need for historical and longitudinal studies of refugee populations that rise above description and trace the process of social transformation during the "full circle" of flight resettlement, and return home. This book probes the economic forces and social processes responsible for shaping the everyday existence for refugees as they move through exile.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571810838
• ISBN13: 9781571810830
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"