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Since the late 1960s the Indonesian island of Batam has been transformed from a sleepy fishing village to a booming frontier town, where foreign investment, mostly from neighboring Singapore, converges with inexpensive land and labor. This book explores the experiences of migrants and tourists who pass through Batam.

The Anxieties of Mobility Migration and Tourism

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      Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
      Publication Date: 10/30/2008
      ISBN13: 9780824833152, 978-0824833152
      ISBN10: 0824833155
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      Book Synopsis
      Since the late 1960s the Indonesian island of Batam has been transformed from a sleepy fishing village to a booming frontier town, where foreign investment, mostly from neighboring Singapore, converges with inexpensive land and labor. This book explores the experiences of migrants and tourists who pass through Batam.

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