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Xiaojian Zhao - New Chinese America, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

New Chinese America

Class, Economy, and Social Hierarchy

Av Xiaojian Zhao

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The 1965 Immigration Act altered the lives and outlook of Chinese Americans in fundamental ways. The New Chinese America explores the historical, economic, and social foundations of the Chinese American community, in order to reveal the emergence of a new social hierarchy after 1965. In this detailed and comprehensive study of contemporary Chinese America, Xiaojian Zhao uses class analysis to illuminate the difficulties of everyday survival for poor and undocumented immigrants and analyzes the process through which social mobility occurs. Through ethnic ties, Chinese Americans have built an economy of their own in which entrepreneurs can maintain a competitive edge given their access to low-cost labor; workers who are shut out of the mainstream job market can find work and make a living; and consumers can enjoy high quality services at a great bargain. While the growth of the ethnic economy enhances ethnic bonds by increasing mutual dependencies among different groups of Chinese Americans, it also determines the limits of possibility for various individuals depending on their socioeconomic and immigration status.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2010-01-19
  • Mått: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
  • Vikt: 312 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 220
  • Förlag: Rutgers University Press
  • ISBN: 9780813546926
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Xiaojian Zhao is an associate professor in the department of Asian American studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the author of Remaking ChineseAmerica: Immigration, Family, and Community, 1940û1965 (Rutgers University Press), winner of the History Book Award from the Association of Asian American Studies.

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Zhao's book provides the most detailed and relatively comprehensive look that we have of the ways in which Chinese America works and aspires.— Roger Daniels, Charles Phelps Taft Professor Emeritus of History, University of CincinnatiZhao gives us an engaging, well-researched, and thoughtfully contextualized book. It offers refreshingly rich insights into the transformation of Chinese America in recent decades. This important book will also benefit those interested in immigration and ethnicity in American society.— Yong Chen, University of California, Irvine (History, Asian American Studies)The New Chinese America is a path-breaking study that tackles contemporary issues from a historical perspective. Employing multiple sources of data, from census statistics and archival material to oral histories and face-to-face interviews, Zhao presents sufficient evidence to demonstrate how class is reproduced in the Chinese American community and how internal class dynamics involve conflict and exploitation as well as shared struggle, negotiation, and interdependence.— Min Zhou, author of Contemporary Chinese America

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