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The socioeconomic context of migrants and minorities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2011

David C. Pitt
David C. Pitt
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La Clé des Champs, Route du Château, Moëns, Ferney-Voltaire, France
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This paper is based on the author's experiences during first, participation in an anthropological study of migrants, particularly Samoan migrants, in New Zealand over a period of 10 years in the late 1960s–mid- 1970s (Pitt & MacPherson, 1975) and secondly, participation over the last 3 years in a World Health Organization programme concerned with promoting the health and welfare of children, many of whom were migrants living in poverty.

Type
II. Interaction between minorities and the host country
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 15 , supplement S8: Biosocial Aspects of Ethnic Minorities , 1983 , pp. 111 - 127
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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