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Divided fates : the state, race, and Korean immigrants' adaptation in Japan and the United States /

"This book takes a cross-national and comparative approach, beyond American models, to examine how members of a single ethnic group adapt differently to distinct host societies. In her study of Korean immigrants to Japan and the United States, Suzuki finds that the state's mode of receptio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Suzuki, Kazuko, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A note on names
  • Introduction: Cross-national comparison of immigrant adaptation
  • Part I. Koreans in Japan
  • Who are they and why did they come?
  • Managing the multiethnic empire
  • Survival in state-based politics
  • Perpetual foreigners
  • Socio-economic adaptation
  • Community formation of the invisible minority
  • Part II. Koreans in the United States : from a comparative perspective
  • Beneficiaries of the Cold War
  • Survival in a racial society
  • Formation of the enclave community
  • Conclusion: Toward a theory of cross-national comparison of immigrant adaptation
  • Appendix A: Statistical data used in this study
  • Appendix B: The 1993 Zainichi survey
  • Appendix C: The 1995-1996 SSC survey.