Description
| Product ID: | 9780520384972 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | From Chinatown to Every Town |
| Subtitle: | How Chinese Immigrants Have Expanded the Restaurant Business in the United States |
| Authors: | Author: Zai Liang |
| Page Count: | 216 |
| Subjects: | Cultural studies: food and society, Food & society, Migration, immigration and emigration, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic studies, Sociology, Labour / income economics, Migration, immigration & emigration, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Black & Asian studies, Sociology, Labour economics |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating From Chinatown to Every Town explores the recent history of Chinese immigration within the United States and the fundamental changes in spatial settlement that have relocated many low-skilled Chinese immigrants from New York City's Chinatown to new immigrant destinations. Using a mixed-method approach over a decade in Chinatown and six destination states, sociologist Zai Liang specifically examines how the expansion and growing popularity of Chinese restaurants has shifted settlement to more rural and faraway areas. Liang's study demonstrates that key players such as employment agencies, Chinatown buses, and restaurant supply shops facilitate the spatial dispersion of immigrants while simultaneously maintaining vital links between Chinatown in Manhattan and new immigrant destinations. |
| Imprint Name: | University of California Press |
| Publisher Name: | University of California Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-02-07 |
