Author: Min Zhou

Publisher: First Second, New York & London

Publishing Year: 2006

Call Number: E184.C5 Z63cc

Introduction: This book includes the research work on Chinese immigration and the Chinese American community. The author, Min Zhou, has painstakingly researched aspects of the expereince of Chinese immigrants and more broadly, Asian immigrants, in America, placing her results within a theoretical framework. She has advanced both our factual knowledge of Asian-origin groups in America and general scientific knowledge about the process of immigrant adaptation and incorporation into the developed world. This piece of work involves the theories of ethnic enclaves, segmented assimilation, and transnationalism, advancing novel ideas and empirical results. Overall, this book presents a comprehensive collection of major articles on the determinants and consequences of contemporary Chinese immigration to America. It is required reading for specialists in immigration and ethnicity – and of interest and value for the general public as well.