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From Chinatown to Every Town explores the recent history of Chinese immigration within the United States and the fundamental changes in spatial settlement that have relocated many low-skilled Chine...
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Publication Date: 07 February 2023
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ISBN: 9780520384972
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Pages: 216
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Imprint: University of California Press

From Chinatown to Every Town explores the recent history of Chinese immigration within the United States and the fundamental changes in spatial settlement that have relocated many low-skilled Chinese immigrants from New York City's Chinatown to new immigrant destinations. Using a mixed-method approach over a decade in Chinatown and six destination states, sociologist Zai Liang specifically examines how the expansion and growing popularity of Chinese restaurants has shifted settlement to more rural and faraway areas. Liang's study demonstrates that key players such as employment agencies, Chinatown buses, and restaurant supply shops facilitate the spatial dispersion of immigrants while simultaneously maintaining vital links between Chinatown in Manhattan and new immigrant destinations.
Price: $29.95
Pages: 216
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date:
07 February 2023
Trim Size: 8.25 X 5.50 in
ISBN: 9780520384972
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
"The book’s key insight—that spatial assimilation is not just an individual level phenomenon, but rather is shaped by group-level dynamics and institutions—can be applied well beyond the Chinese restaurant industry."
Zai Liang is Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Albany.
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Job Search: From Immigrant Networks to Market-Based Institutions
3. Making the Connection: The Story of the Chinatown Bus
4. Choices for New Immigrant Destinations
5. New Businesses in New Places: Adaptation and Race Relations
6. The Ties That Bind: Between Chinatown in Manhattan and New Immigrant Destinations
7. Conclusion
Appendix A: Methods
Appendix B: Analysis of Job Locations
Notes
References
Index
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Job Search: From Immigrant Networks to Market-Based Institutions
3. Making the Connection: The Story of the Chinatown Bus
4. Choices for New Immigrant Destinations
5. New Businesses in New Places: Adaptation and Race Relations
6. The Ties That Bind: Between Chinatown in Manhattan and New Immigrant Destinations
7. Conclusion
Appendix A: Methods
Appendix B: Analysis of Job Locations
Notes
References
Index