{"product_id":"global-diasporas-an-introduction-9780295976204","title":"Global Diasporas: An Introduction","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is a diaspora? For the Greeks, from whose language the word originated, diaspora meant the dispersal of population through colonization. For Jews, Africans, Armenians, and others, the word acquired a more sinister and brutal meaning. Diaspora meant a collective trauma, a banishment into exile, and a heart-aching longing to return home. During the early modern period, trade and labor diasporas girded the mercantilist and early capitalist worlds. Today the term has changed again, often implying a positive and ongoing relationship between migrants' homelands and their places of work and settlement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this perceptive and arresting analysis, Robin Cohen illuminates the changing meanings of diaspora and the contemporary diasporic condition. This volume serves to introduce a major new series, \u003ci\u003eGlobal Diasporas\u003c\/i\u003e, which will prove essentail for students of race, ethnicity, nationalism, and comparative politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robin Cohen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Global Diasporas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 241\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.51h x 5.47w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295976204","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46022563496073,"sku":"9780295976204","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_18ff3aa7-3874-44af-8b10-3600b646c6c5.jpg?v=1777410105","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/global-diasporas-an-introduction-9780295976204","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}