Remittance As Belonging : Global Migration, Transnationalism, and the Quest for Home / Hasan Mahmud.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mahmud, Hasan (Sociologist), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.

Emigration and immigration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2025]

Summary:

Remittance as Belonging: Global Migration, Transnationalism, and the Quest for Home argues that migrants' remittances express their sense of belonging and connectedness to their home country of origin, making an integral part of both migrants' ethnic identity and sense of what they call home.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Introduction: The Migrant, the Family, and Money

1. A Rush to the East: Bangladeshi Migration to Japan

2. Narratives of Remittance from Japan

3. The American Dream

4. Narratives of Remittance from the United States

5. Going Global, Coming Home

Conclusion: Why Do Migrants Send Remittances?

Acknowledgments

Notes

References

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-9788-4043-8

OCLC:

1458092379