Reconstructing Chinatown : ethnic enclave, global change /

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In the American popular imagination, Chinatown is a mysterious and dangerous place, clannish and dilapidated, filled with sweatshops, vice, and organized crime. In this well-written and engaging volume, Jan Lin presents a real-world picture of New York City's Chinatown, countering this "or...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lin, Jan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©1998.
Colección:Globalization and community ; v. 2.
Temas:
Chinese Americans > New York (State) > New York > Economic conditions.
Chinese Americans > New York (State) > New York > Politics and government.
Américains d'origine chinoise > New York (État) > New York > Conditions économiques.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Chinese Americans > Economic conditions.
Chinese Americans > Politics and government.
Economic history.
Politics and government
Politik
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Chinatown (New York, N.Y.) > Economic conditions.
Chinatown (New York, N.Y.) > Politics and government.
New York (N.Y.) > Economic conditions.
New York (N.Y.) > Politics and government.
New York (N.Y.) > Administration.
New York (State) > New York.
New York (State) > New York > Chinatown.
New York- Chinatown
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. From Bachelor Society to Immigrant Enclave; 2. Labor Struggles: Sweatshop Workers and Street Traders; 3. The Nexus of Transnational and Local Capital: Chinatown Banking and Real Estate; 4. The Growth of Satellite Chinatowns; 5. Solidarity, Community, and Electoral Politics; 6. The Enclave and the State; 7. Encountering Chinatown: Tourism, Voyeurism, and the Cinema; 8. Community Change in Global Context; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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