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
Autor principal: Lin, Jan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1998.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Politik
Politics and government
Economic history.
Chinese Americans > Politics and government.
Chinese Americans > Economic conditions.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Americains d'origine chinoise > New York (État) > New York > Conditions economiques.
Chinese Americans > New York (State) > New York > Politics and government.
Chinese Americans > New York (State) > New York > Economic conditions.
New York- Chinatown
New York (State) > New York > Chinatown.
New York (State) > New York.
New York (N.Y.) > Administration.
New York (N.Y.) > Politics and government.
New York (N.Y.) > Economic conditions.
Chinatown (New York, N.Y.) > Politics and government.
Chinatown (New York, N.Y.) > Economic conditions.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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 "orientalist" view by looking at the human dimensions and the larger forces of globalization that make this vital neighborhood both unique and broadly instructive.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (272 pages): illustrations.
ISBN:9780816687886

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