Migrants or expatriates? : Americans in Europe / Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klekowski von Koppenfels, Amanda, author.

Series:

Migration, diasporas and citizenship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants.

Americans.

History.

Emigration and immigration.

Europe--Emigration and immigration--History--21st century.

Europe.

United States--Emigration and immigration--History--21st century.

United States.

Americans--Europe--History--21st century.

Immigrants--Europe--Interviews.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

xvii, 330 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

"While overseas Americans are often seen as short-term corporate transferees or backpackers, there are also many Americans - estimates range from 2 to 7 million - living overseas. This book explores the case of longer-term overseas Americans - migrants - in France, Germany and the UK. What has led them to leave the United States? How does their integration in Europe proceed? This book explores both of these questions in depth, while also examining the case of American political engagement in the United States. The book draws on almost 900 survey responses and over 100 in-depth interviews carried out in Berlin, Paris and London"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

1. Introduction

2. Profiles

3. The Accidental Migrant

4. Socio-Economic Transnationalism and Integration

5. Identity

6. Political Transnationalism and Political Engagement

7. Activism in their Own Interest

8. Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230296961

0230296963

OCLC:

852224852

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