Stephane Dufoix is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Paris X-Nanterre. He is a member of the Sophiapol (Political sociology, philosophy, and anthropology, Paris-X) and of the Centre d'histoire sociale du XXe siecle, the author of Politiques d'exil , and the editor, with Patrick Weil, of L'Esclavage, la colonisation, et apres ... France, Etats-Unis, Grande-Bretagne . He is a junior member of the Institut universitaire de France.

"Diasporas should prove to be both edifying and energizing." The Geographical Journal

• Foreword by Roger Waldinger Preface to the American Edition Introduction 1. What Is a Diaspora? 2. The Spaces of Dispersion 3. Maintaining Connections: Holding On and Letting Go 4. Managing Distance Conclusion Notes Bibliography About the Author and Translator

Stephane Dufoix is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Paris X-Nanterre. He is a member of the Sophiapol (Political sociology, philosophy, and anthropology, Paris-X) and of the Centre d'histoire sociale du XXe siecle, the author of Politiques d'exil , and the editor, with Patrick Weil, of L'Esclavage, la colonisation, et apres ... France, Etats-Unis, Grande-Bretagne . He is a junior member of the Institut universitaire de France.

"Diasporas should prove to be both edifying and energizing." The Geographical Journal

• Foreword by Roger Waldinger Preface to the American Edition Introduction 1. What Is a Diaspora? 2. The Spaces of Dispersion 3. Maintaining Connections: Holding On and Letting Go 4. Managing Distance Conclusion Notes Bibliography About the Author and Translator

Stephane Dufoix is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Paris X-Nanterre. He is a member of the Sophiapol (Political sociology, philosophy, and anthropology, Paris-X) and of the Centre d'histoire sociale du XXe siecle, the author of Politiques d'exil , and the editor, with Patrick Weil, of L'Esclavage, la colonisation, et apres ... France, Etats-Unis, Grande-Bretagne . He is a junior member of the Institut universitaire de France.

"Diasporas should prove to be both edifying and energizing." The Geographical Journal

• Foreword by Roger Waldinger Preface to the American Edition Introduction 1. What Is a Diaspora? 2. The Spaces of Dispersion 3. Maintaining Connections: Holding On and Letting Go 4. Managing Distance Conclusion Notes Bibliography About the Author and Translator