Screen LibraryAsianization of migrant workers in the Gulf countries /
This edited volume contains sixteen chapters by eminent scholars on one of the largest migration corridors in the world i.e., between South and South-East Asia and the Gulf region. Asia's trade and cultural contact with the Gulf date back to ancient historical times. Since the 1970s, the econom...
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| Group Author: | ; |
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Singapore : |
| Publication Dates: | [2020] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
This edited volume contains sixteen chapters by eminent scholars on one of the largest migration corridors in the world i.e., between South and South-East Asia and the Gulf region. Asia's trade and cultural contact with the Gulf date back to ancient historical times. Since the 1970s, the economic rise of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries owing to the discovery of oil has inspired a huge influx of migrant workers from Asia. At present, out of roughly 15 million expatriates in the Gulf region, Asians constitute around 12 million (80 percent). The chapters in this book look at migrat |
| Carrier Form: | xvii, 286 pages : illustrations (some color), map, forms ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9789813292864 (hardcover) : 9813292865 (hardcover) |
| Index Number: | HD8662 |
| CLC: | F249.370.1 |
| Call Number: | F249.370.1/A832 |