Latvian-Americans in the post-Soviet era : cultural factors on return migration in oral history interviews

International population migration has been the focus of intense research, numerous governmental and academic studies and declarations,1 theoretical conside-rations,2 and many conferences for at least half a century. Only about 10 percent of this effort has been directed at documenting and understanding the multifaceted and heterogeneous phenomenon of return migration or transmigration, even though repeat migrations and the formation of transnational communities and identities3 is becoming increasingly common in the last few decades. A great majority of the studies have dealt with economic migrants, people who leave their country to try to secure a more stable economic future. Much less attention has been paid to the other migratory categories such as political refugees and asylum seekers. This article will focus on a small subset of potential international return migrants, World War II refugees from Latvia, who emigrated to the United States around 1950. When the Soviet Army returned to Latvia and absorbed it into the Soviet Union in 1944, about a tenth of the population (some 200,000 people) left Latvia for the West. After refugee camps in Germany, the largest number (40,000) eventually settled in th

Hinkle, Peter C.

Also available as a printed booklet and from the Dean of Faculty website https://theuniversityfaculty.cornell.edu/Memorial Statement for Peter C. Hinkle, who died in 2017. The memorial statements contained herein were prepared by the Office of the Dean of the University Faculty of Cornell University to honor its faculty for their service to the university

Mutvardu vestures avoti: Dzivesstasti - vesture, kultura, sabiedriba Starptautiska konference "Dziesstasti - vesture, kultura, sabiedriba". Referatu kopsavilkuma pielikums

Available from Latvian Academic Library / LAL - Latvian Academic LibrarySIGLEUniv. of Latvia, Riga (Latvia); Science Council of Latvia, Riga (Latvia); The British Council Latvia, Riga (Latvia); The Latvian Foundation Inc, Chicago, IL (United States)LVLatvi