Description: Further DetailsTitle: The FixerCondition: NewSubtitle: Visa Lottery ChroniclesISBN-10: 1478001917EAN: 9781478001911ISBN: 9781478001911Publisher: Duke University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 06/28/2019Description: In the West African nation of Togo, applying for the U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery is a national obsession, with hundreds of thousands of Togolese entering each year. From the street frenzy of the lottery sign-up period and the scramble to raise money for the embassy interview to the gamesmanship of those adding spouses and dependents to their dossiers, the application process is complicated, expensive, and unpredictable. In The Fixer Charles Piot follows Kodjo Nicolas Batema, a Togolese visa broker—known as a “fixer”—as he shepherds his clients through the application and interview process. Relaying the experiences of the fixer, his clients, and embassy officials, Piot captures the ever-evolving cat-and-mouse game between the embassy and the hopeful Togolese as well as the disappointments and successes of lottery winners in the United States. These detailed and compelling stories uniquely illustrate the desire and savviness of migrants as they work to find what they hope will be a better life.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 431gAuthor: Charles PiotGenre: Society & CultureBook Series: Theory in FormsTopic: Social Sciences, Law & PoliticsRelease Year: 2019 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Fixer
Title: The Fixer
Subtitle: Visa Lottery Chronicles
ISBN-10: 1478001917
EAN: 9781478001911
ISBN: 9781478001911
Release Date: 06/28/2019
Release Year: 2019
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Law & Politics
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Fixer : Visa Lottery Chronicles
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication Year: 2019
Item Height: 0.7 in
Subject: Africa / West, Emigration & Immigration, Black Studies (Global), Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Item Weight: 15.2 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.3 in
Author: Charles Piot
Subject Area: Law, Social Science, History
Series: Theory in Forms Ser.
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Hardcover
