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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450913503321

Autore

Chan Kwok B.

Titolo

Migration, ethnic relations and Chinese business / / Chan Kwok-bun

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-20325-X

1-280-25375-4

9786610253753

0-203-02951-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Chinese worlds

Disciplina

305.895/1071

Soggetti

Racism - Canada

Chinese - Canada - Ethnic identity

Electronic books.

Canada Emigration and immigration

China Emigration and immigration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-187) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Coping with racism -- Ethnic stereotypes in the media -- Ethnic space, displacement and forced relocation -- Coping with ageing and managing identity -- Racial discrimination and social response -- Unemployment, social support and coping -- Adaptation of refugees -- Voluntary associations and ethnic boundaries -- The many faces of immigrant business -- Ethnic resources, opportunity structure and coping strategies -- State, economy, culture and business networks -- Ethnic capitalism -- Singaporeans doing business in China.

Sommario/riassunto

Incorporating research carried out over the last twenty years, this book documents the personal and collective responses of Chinese migrants and refugees to the prejudice and discrimination they have experienced. Using case studies of Chinese communities in Canada, Chan explores the different defence mechanisms Chinese migrants have created in order to escape the systemic and institutionalized discrimination they face. In particular, the book analyzes Chinese entrepreneurship, arguing that it is a collective response to blocked



opportunities in host societies. Drawing upon emp