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Can I read Crossing the Gulf : Love and Family in Migrant Lives on EtoBox?
Crossing the Gulf : Love and Family in Migrant Lives by Pardis Mahdavi is a social science available to read on EtoBox.
What is Crossing the Gulf : Love and Family in Migrant Lives about?
The lines between what constitutes migration and what constitutes human trafficking are messy at best. State policies rarely acknowledge the lived experiences of migrants, and too often the laws and policies meant to protect individuals ultimately increase the challenges faced by migrants and their kin. In some cases, the laws themselves lead to illegality or statelessness, particularly for migrant mothers and their children. Crossing the Gulf tells the stories of the intimate lives of migrants
Who reads Crossing the Gulf : Love and Family in Migrant Lives?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Pardis Mahdavi
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780804798846
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Science, Sociology, Political Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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