ISBN:
9780816629046
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xix, 248 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
Edition:
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Globalization and community Volume 2
Series Statement:
Globalization and community
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Lin, Jan Reconstructing Chinatown
DDC:
307.76097471
Keywords:
Chinese Americans Economic conditions
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Chinese Americans Politics and government
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Chinatown (New York, N.Y.) ; Economic conditions
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Chinatown (New York, N.Y.) ; Politics and government
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Chinese Americans ; New York (State) ; New York ; Economic conditions
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Chinese Americans ; New York (State) ; New York ; Politics and government
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New York (N.Y.) ; Economic conditions
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New York (N.Y.) ; Politics and government
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Electronic books
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New York (N.Y.) Politics and government
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Chinatown (New York, N.Y.) Economic conditions
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New York (N.Y.) Economic conditions
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Chinatown (New York, N.Y.) Politics and government
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New York- Chinatown
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Politik
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New York- Chinatown
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Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. From Bachelor Society to Immigrant Enclave; 2. Labor Struggles: Sweatshop Workers and Street Traders; 3. The Nexus of Transnational and Local Capital: Chinatown Banking and Real Estate; 4. The Growth of Satellite Chinatowns; 5. Solidarity, Community, and Electoral Politics; 6. The Enclave and the State; 7. Encountering Chinatown: Tourism, Voyeurism, and the Cinema; 8. Community Change in Global Context; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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