Uprooted and unwanted : Bosnian refugees in Austria and the United States

Uprooted and unwanted : Bosnian refugees in Austria and the United States / Barbara Franz.

"The aftermath of the Bosnian conflicts has left many refugees needing to establish new lives, often in radically different cultures. In Uprooted and Unwanted, Barbara Franz offers a look at how these refugees have fared in two representative cities - Vienna and New York City." "Betwe...

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Main Author: Franz, Barbara, 1968-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2005.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Eugenia and Hugh M. Stewart '26 series on Eastern Europe.
Subjects:
1991-1995
Bosnian Americans > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions.
Bosnians > Austria > Vienna > Social conditions.
Refugees > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions.
Refugees > Austria > Vienna > Social conditions.
Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 > Refugees.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
Ethnic relations
Refugees
Refugees > Social conditions
Social conditions
Bosnischer Flüchtling
Soziale Situation
Ethnische Beziehungen
Austria.
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
United States of America.
Refugees.
Politics.
New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions.
Vienna (Austria) > Social conditions.
New York (N.Y.) > Ethnic relations.
Vienna (Austria) > Ethnic relations.
Austria > Vienna
New York (State) > New York
Wien
USA
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Table of Contents:
  • International economic and political involvement in the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Bosnian refugees and changes in asylum law in the European Union, Austria, and the United States
  • Residence and initial problems in Austria and the United States
  • Settlement realities for Bosnians in Vienna and New York City
  • Bosnian women's social position in the former Yugoslavia
  • American nativism, patriotism, and nationalism
  • Austrian identity formation vis-à-vis the foreigner on the "Island of the blessed."

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