Table of Contents

Foreword by Roger Waldinger Preface to the American Edition Introduction 1. What Is a Diaspora? 2. The Spaces of Dispersion 3. Maintaining Connections: Holding On and Letting Go 4. Managing Distance Conclusion Notes Bibliography About the Author and Translator

About the Author

Stephane Dufoix is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Paris X-Nanterre. He is a member of the Sophiapol (Political sociology, philosophy, and anthropology, Paris-X) and of the Centre d'histoire sociale du XXe siecle, the author of Politiques d'exil , and the editor, with Patrick Weil, of L'Esclavage, la colonisation, et apres ... France, Etats-Unis, Grande-Bretagne . He is a junior member of the Institut universitaire de France.

Reviews

"Diasporas should prove to be both edifying and energizing." The Geographical Journal