TY - BOOK AU - Bascom,Johnathan TI - Losing place: refugee populations and rural transformations in East Africa T2 - Refugee and forced migration studies SN - 9781571810830 AV - HV640.4.S73 B37 1998 PY - 1998/// CY - New York PB - Berghahn Books KW - Refugees KW - Sudan KW - Eritreans KW - Africa, East KW - Social conditions N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-193) and index N2 - "Refugee flight, settlement, and repatriation are not static, self-contained, or singular events. Instead, they are three stages of an ongoing process made and mirrored in the lives of real people. For that reason, there is an evident need for historical and longitudinal studies of refugee populations that rise above description and trace the process of social transformation during the "full circle" of flight, resettlement, and the return home; This book probes the economic forces and social processes responsible for shaping the everyday existence for refugees as they move through exile."--Jacket ER -