Bosnian Refugees in America - New Communities, New Cultures (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2006)

In April of 1992, war began in Bosnia. Sarajevo, site of the 1984 Winter Olympics, and, we were told, one of the most beautiful cities in the world, became a city under siege. For all of the people of Bosnia, life shifted in unimaginable ways in a matter of hours, days, or weeks. An immediate exodus began from Bosnia, and people who had never anticipated leaving their country became refugees, dependent upon a world system of resettlement for displaced persons. This book relates the experiences of a hundred Bosnian families who came to Utica, a town in upstate New York. Bosnians in Utica came here as refugees - ginning in 1993, having ?ed from the wars of succession in the former Yugoslavia. Our study evolved over several years as a result of our interests in the war in Bosnia and the massive ?ow of refugees that it precipitated. We began work on the project in the late 1990s as we set out to learn about the war and to explore refugee experiences of displacement, transit, and resettlement. Our intent is to portray the experience of Bosnian refugees in one American city and to capture, in their words, in as much detail as possible their adjustment to a new community and a new culture.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Clinical Sociology: Research and Practice
Release date:	November 2010
First published:	2006
Authors:	Reed Coughlan • Judith Owens-manley
Dimensions:	244 x 170 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	197
Edition:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2006
ISBN-13:	978-1-4419-2047-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social work > General
LSN:	1-4419-2047-1
Barcode:	9781441920478

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