Port cities have always been the gateway to the world. This anthology shows port cities as crucibles of globalization and trans-nationalization processes, developing their own kinds of urban structures.

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Waltraud Kokot (PhD) is professor of social anthropology at Hamburg University. Her teaching and research areas include diaspora, urban anthropology, refugee studies, urban poverty and homelessness. She has conducted field research in Thessaloniki, Sofia and Hamburg. Mijal Gandelsman-Trier (M.A.) is a lecturer at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Hamburg. Astrid Wonneberger (PD Dr.) is a private lecturer for cultural and social anthropology at the University of Hamburg as well as a researcher and lecturer for family science at the University of Applied Sciences (HAW) Hamburg. Her major academic interests include diaspora, ethnicity and urban anthropology. She has completed field research in Western Ireland, New York, Boston and Dublin (Ireland).