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Vered . Ed(S): Amit - Going First Class? - 9781845451967 - V9781845451967
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Going First Class?

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Description for Going First Class? Hardback. Explores a diversity of circumstances and motives towards contemporary mobility, ranging from expatriates to peripatetic professionals to middle class migrants in search of extended educational and career opportunities to people seeking self-development through travel. Editor(s): Amit, Vered. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: bibliog., index. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .

People travel as never before. However, anthropological research has tended to focus primarily on either labor migration or on tourism. In contrast, this collection of essays explores a diversity of circumstances and impetuses towards contemporary mobility. It ranges from expatriates to peripatetic professionals to middle class migrants in search of extended educational and career opportunities to people seeking self development through travel, either by moving after retirement or visiting educational retreats. These situations, however, converge in the significant resources, variously of finances, time, credentials or skills, which these voyagers are able to call on in embarking on their respective ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
Series
EASA Series
Number of Pages
172
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845451967
SKU
V9781845451967
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Ref
99-15

About Vered . Ed(S): Amit
Vered Amit is Professor of Anthropology at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.  She received her Ph.D. from the University of Manchester and is the author or editor of 11 books including Young Men in Uncertain Times (co-ed with Noel Dyck, Berghahn, 2011), The Biographical Dictionary of Social and Cultural Anthropology (Routledge, 2004), and The Trouble with Community (co-ed with Nigel ... Read more

Reviews for Going First Class?
“Drawing on a diverse set of ethnographic case studies, Going First Classteases out the scope and implications of the relatively privileged circumstances under which middle-class transnational mobilities are being undertaken..As such, the volume provides an in-depth anthropological answer to the proponents of the ‘mobility turn’ in the social sciences.” • Journal of Anthropological Research “The publication of ... Read more

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