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Darkness before Daybreak: African Migrants Living on the Margins in Southern Italy Today
Hans Lucht
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Description for Darkness before Daybreak: African Migrants Living on the Margins in Southern Italy Today
Paperback. Chronicles the lives of a group of fishermen from Ghana who took the long and dangerous journey to Southern Italy in search of work in a cutthroat underground economy. Illuminating the nature of high-risk migration around the world, this title reveals the challenges and experiences of these international migrants. Num Pages: 306 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1HFDH; JFFN; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
This riveting book chronicles the lives of a group of fishermen from Ghana who took the long and dangerous journey to Southern Italy in search of work in a cutthroat underground economy. A story that illuminates the nature of high-risk migration around the world, "Darkness before Daybreak" reveals the challenges and experiences of these international migrants who, like countless others, are often in the news but are rarely understood. Hans Lucht tells how these men live on the fringes of society in Naples, what the often deadly journey across the Sahara Desert and Mediterranean Sea involved, and what their lives ... Read more
This riveting book chronicles the lives of a group of fishermen from Ghana who took the long and dangerous journey to Southern Italy in search of work in a cutthroat underground economy. A story that illuminates the nature of high-risk migration around the world, "Darkness before Daybreak" reveals the challenges and experiences of these international migrants who, like countless others, are often in the news but are rarely understood. Hans Lucht tells how these men live on the fringes of society in Naples, what the often deadly journey across the Sahara Desert and Mediterranean Sea involved, and what their lives ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
306
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
306
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520270732
SKU
V9780520270732
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Ref
99-1
About Hans Lucht
Hans Lucht is a Danish journalist, writer, and anthropologist at the University of Copenhagen.
Reviews for Darkness before Daybreak: African Migrants Living on the Margins in Southern Italy Today
"A compelling text, containing both pwerful narrative and thoughtful theoretical analyses."
Alice Elliot
Anthropological Quarterly
Alice Elliot
Anthropological Quarterly