Description |
1 online resource (xi, 281 pages) : illustrations, map |
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Anthropology of contemporary issues |
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Anthropology of contemporary issues.
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Contents |
Part I. Chinese immigration and scholars' models -- Patterns of Chinese settlement in the United States -- An approach to the Chinese in Queens -- Part II. Chinese households of three classes -- One hundred households -- The working class: three portraits -- The small business class: three portraits -- The professional class: three portraits -- Part III. Community activities -- Social services and worship -- Chinese associations as bridges -- The Chinese and the Queens Festival -- A summing up |
Summary |
By focusing on the social and cultural life of post-1965 Taiwan immigrants in Queens, New York, this book shifts Chinese American studies from ethnic enclaves to the diverse multiethnic neighborhoods of Flushing and Elmhurst. As Hsiang-shui Chen documents, the political dynamics of these settlements are entirely different from the traditional closed Chinese communities; the immigrants in Queens think of themselves as living in "worldtown," not in a second Chinatown. Drawing on interviews with members of a hundred households, Chen brings out telling aspects of demography, immigration experience, family life, and gender roles, and then turns to vivid, humanistic portraits of three families. Chen also describes the organizational life of the Chinese in Queens with a lively account of the power struggles and social interactions that occur within religious, sports, social service, and business groups and with the outside world |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-275) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Chinese Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions
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Taiwanese Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Chinese Americans -- Social conditions
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Social conditions
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Sociale situatie.
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Chinezen.
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Taiwanezen.
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Chinois -- États-Unis -- New York (N.Y.) -- Conditions sociales.
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Américains d'origine chinoise.
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SUBJECT |
Queens (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions
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New York (State) -- New York
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New York (State) -- New York -- Queens
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New York (N.Y.) -- Conditions sociales.
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
91055547 |
ISBN |
9781501721366 |
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1501721364 |
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