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| fixed length control field | 02449nam a2200349 a 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 9780813337852 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | UK-RwCLS |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20240430150049.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 091124s1997 coub b 001 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780813337852 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0813337852 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UK-RwCLS |
| Transcribing agency | UK-RwCLS |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE | |
| Geographic area code | ---a-ku |
| 050 04 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | JV 8750.8 .A3 |
| Item number | L66 1997 |
| 090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (OCLC) | |
| Classification number (OCLC) (R) ; Classification number, CALL (RLIN) (NR) | JV 8750.8 .A3 L66 1997 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Longva, Anh Nga. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 26052 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Walls built on sand : |
| Remainder of title | migration, exclusion, and society in Kuwait / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Anh Nga Longva. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Boulder, CO ; |
| -- | Oxford : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Westniew Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 1997. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiv, 266 p. : |
| Other physical details | maps ; |
| Dimensions | 23 cm. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Source | rdacontent |
| Content Type Term | text |
| Content Type Code | txt |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Source | rdamedia |
| Media Type Term | unmediated |
| Media Type Code | n |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| Carrier Type Code | nc |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliography (p. 246-256) and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, the sight of tens of thousands of non-Kuwaiti Arabs, Indians, East Asians, and Westerners fleeing or trapped under occupation made the outside world suddenly aware of a singular fact of Kuwaiti society—that Kuwaitis are an absolute minority in their own country. Basing her analysis on extensive fieldwork and archival research, the author examines the social dimension of labor migration to Kuwait since independence in 1961, exploring how the presence of over one million foreign workers has influenced the way Kuwaitis organize their lives and perceive themselves. In particular, Longva looks at the relations between two sharply differentiated social categories and the politics of exclusion that have allowed Kuwaitis to protect their rights and privileges as citizens against infringement by the huge influx of expatriates. Longva examines the little-studied system of kafala, or sponsorship, under which all foreign workers enter and reside in the country, showing how it has become the most critical source of power for native Kuwaitis vis-à-vis immigrants. She also addresses aspects of ethnicity and class, describes the life of expatriates, and looks at developments in gender relations and the role of women in building the national identity in the context of migration and modernization. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Alien labor |
| Geographic subdivision | Kuwait. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 26053 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Kuwait |
| General subdivision | Emigration and immigration. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 26054 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Kuwait |
| General subdivision | Population. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 26055 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Kuwait |
| General subdivision | Ethnic relations. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 26056 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | kuwait |
| General subdivision | Social conditions. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 26057 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| Item type | Books |
| 907 ## - LOCAL DATA ELEMENT G, LDG (RLIN) | |
| a | 46290 |
| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Library of Congress Classification | Non-fiction | American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | 2018-11-27 | Oasis Proquest | 158.00 | JV 8750.8 .A3 L66 1997 | c20035432 | 2023-11-10 | 158.00 | 2018-11-27 | Books |