Transregional and Transnational Families in Europe and Be...
Johnson, Christopher H. / Sabean, David Warren / Teuscher, Simon / Trivellato, Francesca
While the current discussion of ethnic, trade, and commercial diasporas, global networks, and transnational communities constantly makes reference to the importance of families and kinship groups for understanding the dynamics of dispersion, few studies examine the nature of these families in any detail. This book, centered largely on the European experience of families scattered geographically, challenges the dominant narratives of modernizat...