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Walls Built on Sand: Migration, Exclusion, and Society in Kuwait Hardcover - 1997
by Longva, Anh Nga
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- Title Walls Built on Sand: Migration, Exclusion, and Society in Kuwait
- Author Longva, Anh Nga
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Publisher Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.
- Date 1997-03
- ISBN 9780813327587
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Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.: Westview Press, 1997. First printing. Very light wear to the spine tail and the corners. Previous owner's name is on the title page. Otherwise unmarked. A fine, crisp copy. The dust jacket has very light edgewear. In new Brodart dust jacket protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1997. When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, the sight of tens of thousands of non-Kuwaiti Arabs, Indians, East Asians, and Westerners fleeing or trapped under occupation made the outside world suddenly aware of a singular fact of Kuwaiti societythat Kuwaitis are an absolute minority in their own country. Basing her analysis on extensive fieldwork and archival research, the author examines the social dimension of labor migration to Kuwait since independence in 1961, exploring how the presence of over one million foreign workers has influenced the way Kuwaitis organize their lives and perceive themselves. In particular, Longva looks at the relations between two sharply differentiated social categories and the politics of exclusion that have allowed Kuwaitis to protect their rights and privileges as citizens against infringement by the huge influx of expatriates. Longva examines the little-studied system of kafala, or sponsorship, under which all foreign workers enter and…
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