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For better or for worse : Vietnamese international marriages in the new global economy / Hung Cam Thai

Thai, Hung Cam, 1976-

New Brunswick, N.J : Rutgers University Press, 2010

Online Ressource (xxvii, 209 pages) : illustrations, charts

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-201) and index. - Print version record

Erscheint auch als: Thai, Hung Cam, 1976- : For better or for worse. - New Brunswick, N.J : Rutgers University Press, ©2008 (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-0-8135-4468-7 ; 0-8135-4468-8

9786611397272 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 6611397272 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-8135-4288-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-8135-4288-X (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-8135-4289-8 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-8135-4289-8 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 1-281-39727-X (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-1-281-39727-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-8135-4288-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-8135-4288-X (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 236081999 (aus SWB)     

[S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

HQ525.V54

306.84508995922073 ; 306.84/508995922073     Ähnliche Literatur

bisacsh: SOC026010 ; bisacsh: SOC026010 ; bicssc: JBH, JBJC ; bisacsh: SOC000000 ; bisacsh: SOC043000 ; bisacsh: SOC 026010

LOC-SH: Globalization -- Social aspects ; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- United States ; Marriage ; Vietnamese diaspora ; Globalization -- Social aspects ; United States -- Emigration and immigration ; Electronic books

Electronic books / Electronic books ; Electronic books ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology ; Marriage & Family ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; Emigration and immigration ; Globalization ; Social aspects ; Marriage ; Vietnamese diaspora ; United States

Marriage is currently the number-one reason people migrate to the United States, and women constitute the majority of newcomers joining husbands who already reside here. But little is known about these marriage and migration streams beyond the highly publicized and often sensationalized phenomena of mail-order and military brides. Less commonly known is that most international couples are immigrants of the same ethnicity. In For Better or For Worse, Hung Cam Thai takes a closer look at marriage and migration, with a specific focus on the unions between Vietnamese men living in the United State