God in Chinatown : Religion and Survival in New York's Evolving Immigrant Community.

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God in Chinatown is a path breaking study of the largest contemporary wave of new immigrants to Chinatown. Since the 1980s, tens of thousands of mostly rural Chinese have migrated from Fuzhou, on China's southeastern coast, to New York's Chinatown. Like the Cantonese who comprised the prev...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Guest, Kenneth J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2003.
Series:Religion, Race, & Ethnicity.
Subjects:
Chinese Americans > Religious life > New York (State) > New York.
Immigrants > Religious life > New York (State) > New York.
Américains d'origine chinoise > New York (État) > New York > Vie religieuse.
Chinese Americans > Religious life
Immigrants > Religious life
Chinatown (New York, N.Y.)
New York (State) > New York
New York (State) > New York > Chinatown
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction:Walking on Water; 1 Chinatown and the Fuzhounese; 2 Fuzhou: Diasporic Traditio; 3 Religion in Fuzhou: An Overview; 4 Religion in Fuzhou: Spotlight on Christianity; 5 Chinatown's Religious Landscape:The Fuzhounese Presence; 6 "Come unto Me All Ye That Labor and Are Heavy Laden":Building Fuzhounese Protestant Churches in New York's Chinatown; 7 Safe Harbor; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

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