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1 online resource |
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| Summary |
Whereas most studies of migration focus on movement, this book examines the experience of staying put. It looks at young men living in a Soninke-speaking village in Gambia who, although eager to travel abroad for money and experience, settle as farmers, heads of families, businessmen, civic activists, or, alternatively, as unemployed, demoted youth. Those who stay do so not only because of financial and legal limitations, but also because of pressures to maintain family and social bases in the Gambia valley. 'Stayers' thus enable migrants to migrate, while ensuring the activities and values attached to rural life are passed on to the future generations. |
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Gambia -- Rural conditions.
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Young men -- Gambia -- Social conditions.
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Rural-urban migration -- Gambia.
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Rural development -- Gambia.
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Jeunes hommes -- Gambie -- Conditions sociales.
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Exode rural -- Gambie.
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Développement rural -- Gambie.
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Rural conditions
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Rural development
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Rural-urban migration
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Young men -- Social conditions
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Gambia
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| ISBN |
9781782387800 (electronic bk.) |
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1782387803 (electronic bk.) |
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1805390228 (electronic bk.) |
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9781805390220 (electronic bk.) |
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9781785338274 (pbk.) |
| Standard No. |
10.1515/9781805390220 doi |
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AU@ 000074952217 |
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