Contemporary Chinese America
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Contemporary Chinese America

Immigration, Ethnicity, and Community Transformation

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
Available until 19 Nov |Learn more

Contemporary Chinese America

Immigration, Ethnicity, and Community Transformation

About this book

Contemporary Chinese America is the most comprehensive sociological investigation of the experiences of Chinese immigrants to the United States—and of their offspring—in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The author, Min Zhou, is a well-known sociologist of the Chinese American experience. In this volume, she collects her original research on a range of subjects, including the causes and consequences of emigration from China, demographic trends of Chinese Americans, patterns of residential mobility in the U.S., Chinese American "ethnoburbs," immigrant entrepreneurship, ethnic enclave economies, gender and work, Chinese language media, Chinese schools, and intergenerational relations. The concluding chapter, "Rethinking Assimilation," ponders the future for Chinese Americans. Also included are an extensive bibliography and a list of recommended documentary films.

While the book is particularly well-suited for college courses in Chinese American studies, ethnic studies, Asian studies, and immigration studies, it will interest anyone who wants to more fully understand the lived experience of contemporary Chinese Americans.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. List of Figures and Tables
  3. Foreword
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction: A Personal Reflection on the Study of Chinatown and Beyond
  6. PART I Historical and Global Contexts
  7. PART II Immigration, Demographic Trends, and Community Dynamics
  8. PART III The Organizational Structure of the Ethnic Enclave
  9. PART IV The Family and the New Second Generation
  10. PART V The Future of Chinese America
  11. Appendix: Recommended Films on the Chinese American Experience
  12. Notes
  13. Bibliography
  14. Index