Migration, class, and transnational identities : Croatians in Australia and America / Val Colic-Peisker.

Author/creator Colic-Peisker, Val
Format Book
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxii, 252 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Croats--Australia. --Social conditions.
Croatian Americans--Social conditions.
Immigrants--Australia. --Social conditions.
Immigrants--United States. --Social conditions.
Croats--Australia. --Ethnic identity.
Croatian Americans--Ethnic identity.
Transnationalism.
Globalization--Social aspects.
Australia--Ethnic relations.
United States--Ethnic relations.

SeriesStudies of world migrations
Studies of world migrations. ^A609378
Contents The homeland -- The global context -- The hostland : a designed nation -- Farewell, my village by the sea : working-class Croatians in Australian suburbia -- Ubi lucrum, ibi patria : incorporation and transnationalism of the professional cohort -- The Croatian diaspora : transnationalism, class, and identity -- From communism to capitalism : altered values and shifting identities? -- Conclusion: Between or beyond nations? Class, ethnicity, and transnationalism in the global century.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [229]-248) and index.
LCCN 2008021782
ISBN9780252033605 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0252033604 (cloth : alk. paper)