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Chinatown : the socioeconomic potential of an urban enclave /

In Chinatown, Min Zhou examines how an ethnic enclave works to direct its members into American society, while at the same time shielding them from it. Focusing specifically on New York's Chinatown, a community established more than a century ago, Zhou offers a thorough and modern treatment of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zhou, Min, 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Chino
Publicado: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1992.
Colección:Conflicts in urban and regional development.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Memories of Sojourning; 3. Changes in Recent Chinese Immigration; 4. Uprooted: The New Arrivals; 5. The Rise of the Economic Enclave; 6. The Ethnic Labor Force and Its Labor Market Experience; 7. The Other Half of the Sky: Socioeconomic Adaptation of Immigrant Women; 8. Residential Mobility and Ethnic Segregation; 9. Conclusion: Rising Out of Chinatown; Notes; References; Index.